Memorial Hall.

The price of board at the Dining Association, including the steward's head money, is $3.98 per week for the month of October. The auditor's report is published below.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 10, 1885.GENTLEMEN: - The expenditures and receipts of the Harvard Dining Association for the month of October and last day of September were as follows:

DR.

Bills paid (less water bill). $17,157.79

Water charge, 59.78

Interest on debt, 211.55

Interest on advances, 98.18

Reduction of debt, 166.67

Summer repairs, 175.00

Crockery assessment, 136.76

Allowance for Sunday absence, 345.50

Stock on hand Sept. 30th, 1885, 336.78

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Total, $18,688.01

CR.

Stock on hand Nov. 1st, 1885, $1,718.66

Sale of grease and bones, 236.66

Sale of swill, 26.82

Sale of cold food, etc., 94.95

Extras ordered, 1,265.30

Crockery charged to surplus, 92.20

Repairs, etc., charged to surplus, 1,989.41

Balance, 13,264.01

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Total, $18,688.01

Dividing this balance, $13,264.01 by 3,419, the number of weeks gives $3.88, and adding head-money 10, we have $3.98 as the cost of board per week during the months of September and October.

An analysis of this charge of $3.98 gives the following result: -

Total for month. Week.

Provisions, $9,106.46 $2.66

Service, 2,352.63 69

Coal, 284.85 09

Water, 59.78 02

Gas, 112.20 09

Crockery assessment, 136.76 04

Interest, 309.73 09

Reduction of debt, 166.67 05

Summer repairs, 175.00 05

Allowances-Sun. Abs., 345.50 06

Miscellaneous, 214.43 06

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$3.88

Head-money, 10

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Totals, $13,264.01 $3.98

Respectfully submitted,

LYMAN B. FISK, Auditor.