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the consequent expense of rebuilding it, entitles him to the charitable
consideration of those who may be likely to need his services.

The experiment made last year of transplanting some dozens of large
trees in the neighborhood of the gate, has proved eminently successful,
not one of them having been lost or injured by the operation. A somewhat
similar alteration is now in progress on the westerly side of the
gate.

By the liberality of one of the proprietors, the sum of one thousand
dollars has been expended in grading, stoning, and otherwise improving
the border of Meadow pond. An open space of two thousand square
feet, inclosing the fountain at the head of the pond, is to be forever kept
open for ornamental purposes. It is hoped that other proprietors may
be induced to follow so praiseworthy an example. The Trustees have
voted to appropriate to a similar repair of Forest pond, all sums which
may be derived from the sale of intermediate spaces between lots bordering
on this pond. Some of the abuttors have already subscribed to this
object, and it is believed that others will be disposed to promote an object
beneficial to themselves and to the corporation.

The statues expected from Italy and intended to decorate the interior
of the chapel, have not yet arrived. That of Gov. Winthrop by Mr.
Greenough, is announced as completed in Florence, and may be expected
here in the Spring or sooner. Mr. Crawford’s statue of James Otis
has been unhappily delayed by the death of that distinguished and
lamented artist. Letters from his representatives, however, express the
belief that it is already completed in Rome, and will be forwarded in the
course of the Spring. The fourth statue, that of John Adams, was
shipped from Leghorn about the first of September, in the Oxford, a
vessel reported as deserted at sea, and probably lost. The amount which
would have been due on the delivery of this statue, was insured by the
sculptor, Mr. Rogers, who is confident of being able to execute a dupli-
cate from the model in the course of another year. When these works
are completed, and in their places, the Corporation will have acquired a
valuable and most appropriate embellishment, giving them precedence
over all other cemeteries in this country, at an expense not exceeding
three per cent. of the estimated gross outlay of Mount Auburn, or six
per cent. of the expenditures up to the present time.

Among the auspicious events of the last year is the commencement of
a permanent fund, provided for the support and preservation of the cem-