HARVARD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the society will be held on Monday evening, February 18, at 7.30, in 11 Sever Hall. A full statement of the condition and prospects of the society will there be submitted. The directors urgently request members to attend.

From a preliminary examination of the assets and liabilities of the society, the directors believe that the balance sheet at the end of the fiscal year will show an appreciable surplus. At the same time, the expenses during the past half-year have been heavy, partly on account of the cost of moving into the new quarters and fitting them up. Although the expenses during the coming half-year will not be so large as in that just passed, they will yet be considerable. No reduction in them can be made, consistently with the efficient performance of the necessary work. As a measure of safety, the directors have voted that the fee for the half-year from February till September be made $1.50 instead of $1.00, as had been previously determined. The directors have also voted, as already announced, that the fiscal year in future shall begin in September and not in February. These votes will be submitted for ratification at the annual meeting. Even with the fee of $1.50 the membership must be retained nearly at its present figures in order to put the society on a perfectly firm financial basis. It is therefore hoped that all members will promptly renew their membership. A membership of not less than six hundred is essential to the continuance of the society.

Arrangements will be made by which the membership fee for the next half-year may be paid in the hall on the evening of the annual meeting.

The business of the society has been good, and the savings effected for members have been considerable. The society is now in a position to extend its operations, and to become a firmly established institution. In order that it may do this, a good start must be made for the half-year to come.

For the Board of Directors,

J. B. AMES,F. W. TAUSSIG,ALLEN CURTIS, Com.