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MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY.

The favor and approval which have been manifested by the
public towards Mount Auburn Cemetery, since the time of its
commencement, have continued undiminished during the year
which has just expired. The receipts of the Corporation, from
new proprietors, have exceeded those of any preceding year ;
and although a liberal outlay has been made for the preserva-
tion and embellishment of the grounds, the invested and
disposable funds remaining to the Institution, have never
been in a more satisfactory condition.

During the last year, various improvements have been
made in different parts of the Cemetery. The small basin
of water known as “Forest Pond,” has been put in repair, by
grading, stoning, and turfing its banks, in a manner corre-
sponding to that adopted last year in the repairs of “Auburn
Lake.”

The stone culvert or drain which leads from the upper end
of “The Lawn,” has been completed about two-thirds of the
way from its source to its proposed outlet into “Auburn Lake.”
For economy of land, a new avenue, called “ Culvert Avenue,”
has been laid out directly over this drain, and coinciding with
it to the place where it passes through “ Indian Ridge Path.”
The deep cut made through this ridge, will afford a passage
for the culvert beneath its floor, while the sides will be occu-
pied with columbaria, forming a large catacomb for separate
interments, a structure much needed in Mount Auburn. An
ornamental and costly stone front, on the end facing the lake,
is now contracted for, and in process of execution.

The iron fence, which had not been painted for eight years,
has this year received two coats of durable black paint. It
was found that the ends of the transverse bars were much