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MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY.

THE completeness and general good condition of the Cemetery of
Mount Auburn, has required but little outlay for new works during
the past year. The roads and paths have been somewhat extended,
and the whole ground kept in satisfactory repair. The funds of the
Corporation have been preserved and augmented as far as the deranged
currency of the country will permit. Some slight changes only
have been made in the local organization of the offices attached to the
place.

The Gardener, Mr. Wm. H. Spooner, having resigned his situation,
the Trustees have abolished the office, and placed the conservatory
and the whole business of cultivating plants for sale, under the care of
the Superintendent, who will employ persons of suitable skill and
experience, to supply the want of the Proprietors in that respect.

The facade of the catacomb or receiving tomb, fronting on Auburn
Lake, which was erected two years since, has not been accepted by
the Trustees, on account of imperfections in the stone which do not
satisfy the requirements of the contract. Attempts have been made
by the contractors to rectify these defects, but without success. It is
obvious that the completion of a work of this magnitude, and which
was voted three years ago by the Trustees, cannot with propriety be
longer delayed.

Complaint having been made that Proprietors sometimes employ
to cut down trees, persons not in the service of the Corporation, and
that such work is often done in a manner prejudicial to the interests of
the Corporation,—it is ordered— that hereafter no trees shall be cut
down in the Cemetery by any other person than those employed by
the Corporation under the direction of the Superintendent, subject to
the approval of the Committee on Grounds.

By a vote of the Trustees, the Committee on Lots are authorized to
grant to Proprietors and purchasers of lots, the privilege of constructing
tombs and catacombs, within their lots at prices not less than fifty
dollars for each tomb or catacomb, the same to be constructed according
to article 23d and 24th, of the By-Laws.