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DISBURSEMENTS
Losses paid for fires_*_$2,820.80 Secretary and Treasurer Salary 1,650.00 Directors* Fee_... 846.70 Appraisers’ Fee_ 276.00 Printing and Stationery_ 24.60 Postage__,_ 31.00 Miscellaneous Expenses- 279.00
.TOTAL-----$5,428.10
Balance on'Hand Dec. 31, 1952 $43,227.65
71.9%