Application for children for adoption may be made to the matron at the asylum, or to a member of the Adoption Committee.

Visitors will be admitted on any day except Sunday, be

tween 1 and 5.

During the year ending April 7, 1876, 89 infants were under the care of the institution; 380 had been received from the organization of the asylum.

President Samuel Cabot, M. D., Boston.
Treasurer-E. S. Philbrick, Brookline.
Secretary-L. W. Tappan, Jr., Boston.

Consulting Physicians - Samuel Cabot, M. D., M. E. Zakrewska, M. D.

Attending Physicians - Lucy E. Sewall, M. D., C. P. Putnam, M. D.

Other Institutions and Societies.

The names of the following additional institutions and societies in Massachusetts are given for convenience of reference, where such is desired. A full account of the purposes, the plan of organization, and the method of administration, will be found in the tenth report of the Board of State Charities of Massachusetts.

Boston. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Beacon Street, Athenæum Building. Secretary, E. C. Pickering.

Boston Association of the Evangelical Lutheran Church for Works of Mercy, West Roxbury. Secretary, A. Biewend.

Boston. Association for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic Children, Harrison Avenue, corner Concord Street. Secretary. James Havey.

Boston. Baldwin Place Home for Little Wanderers, Baldwin Place. Secretary, W. G. Brooks, Jr.

Boston. Bethesda Society, 32 Rutland Street. Secretary, Mrs. G. W. Warren.

Boston. British Charitable Society. Secretary, Henry Squire.

Boston. Charitable Irish Society. Secretary, T. A. Tallon.

Boston. Charlestown's Poor Fund.

Boston Children's Aid Society. Secretary, E. W. Hooper.

Boston Children's Friend Society, 48 Rutland Street.

Boston. City Missionary Society, 19 Congregational House, Somerset Street. Secretary, S. E. Herrick.

Boston. Devens Benevolent Society, Charlestown. Secretary, Mrs. M. M. Hooton.

Boston. Episcopal City Mission, 164 Tremont Street. Secretary, H. W. Nelson.

Boston Fatherless and Widows' Society. Secretary, Matilda D. Stow.

Boston Female Orphan Asylum, 750 Washington Street. Secretary,

Miss M. A. Wales.

Boston Flower Mission, Hollis Street Chapel.

Boston. German Emigrant Aid Society, Charity Bureau, Chardon Street. Secretary, George Walther.

Boston. Home for Aged Poor, Dudley Street and Woodward Avenue, Roxbury.

Boston. House of the Angel Guardian, 85 Vernon Street, Roxbury. Superior, Father Justinian.

Boston. House of the Good Shepherd, Tremont Street, opposite Parker Hill Avenue. Superior, Sister Mary Aloysius.

Boston. Howard Benevolent Society. Secretary, G. F. Bigelow,

M. D.

Boston Industrial Aid Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, Bureau of Charity, Chardon Street. Secretary, S. B. Cruft.

Boston. Industrial School for Girls, Centre Street, Dorchester. Secretary, Miss A. P. Rogers.

Boston. Ladies' American Home Education Society, 14 Tyler Street. Secretary, Mrs. S. E. Dawes.

Boston Mutual Benefit Association, 30 Court Street. Secretary, B. F. Paine.

Boston. Needle Women's Friend Society, 149 A Tremont Street. Secretary, Mrs. F. A. Bowles.

Boston. New England Hospital for Women and Children, Codman Avenue, Roxbury. Secretary, Mrs. E. D. Cheney.

Boston Orthopedic Association. Secretary, J. P. Healy.

Boston. Penitent Female's Refuge, 32 Rutland Street. Secretary, S. G. Deblois.

Boston Port and Seaman's Aid Society, Mariner's Home. Secretary,
H. P. Chandler.

Boston. Scots' Charitable Society. Secretary, A. T. Laughton.
Boston Seaman's Friend Society. Secretary, F. R. Allen.

Boston Sewing Circle, Charity Bureau, Chardon Street.

Boston. Shawmut Universalist Flower Mission. Shawmut Avenue Universalist Church.

Boston Society of Natural History, Berkeley Street, corner of Boylston. Secretary, Edward Burgess.

Boston. Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Secretary, T. F. Ring. Boston. St. Francis de Sales Association, Charlestown. Secretary, Daniel Toomey.

Boston. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Camden Street, corner of Shawmut Avenue. Secretary, Hugh Carey.

Boston. The Widows' Society, 59 Mt. Vernon Street. Secretary, Miss M. A. Bigelow.

Boston Young Men's Benevolent Society. Secretary, Joseph Healy. Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Eliot and Tremont streets. Secretary, A. W. Chamberlain.

Boston Young Men's Christian Union, 18 Boylston Street. Secretary, H. H. Sprague.

Boston Young Women's Christian Association, 68 Warrenton Street. Secretary, Miss A. S. Hayes.

Beverly. Fisher Charitable Society. Secretary, William Endicott. Cambridge, East, Female Charitable Society. Secretary, Mrs. J. R. Knight.

Cambridge Female Humane Society. Secretary, Mrs. J. M. Bartlett. Cambridge Humane Society. Secretary, Samuel Longfellow.

Chelsea. Ladies' Union Relief Society, 2 Granite Block. Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Pearson.

Chelsea.

Chase.

Winnisimmett Benevolent Society. Secretary, Edward

Dedham. Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners. Secretary, Miss H. B. Chickering.

Fall River. Children's Home. Secretary, Milton Read.

Haverhill Female Benevolent Society. Secretary, Miss A. P. Rogers. Haverhill. Old Ladies' Home Association. Secretary, Miss A. M. Wheeler.

Lancaster. Charitable Fund in the Town of. Clerk, G. W. Howe. Lawrence Irish Benevolent Society.

Lowell. St. Joseph's Charitable Society.

Lynn Female Fragment Society. Secretary, Miss C. M. Burrill. Lynn. Hibernian Benevolent Association, Market and Tremont streets. Secretary, M. A. Donnovan.

Lynn Widow and Orphan Society. Secretary, Miss H. N. Lamphier. Marblehead. Charitable Society.

Marblehead Female Humane Society. Secretary, Mrs. E. C. Gregory.

Marblehead. Hibernian Friendly Society, Barnard and Prospect streets. Secretary, John Cuddihy.

Massachusetts Historical Society, 30 Tremont Street. Secretary, Charles Deane.

Massachusetts Society for aiding Discharged Convicts. 35 Avon Street. Secretary, S. A. Wilbur.

Massachusetts Soldier's Fund, Charity Bureau, Chardon Street, Boston. Secretary, M. C. Greene, M. D.

Nantucket. Ladies' Howard Society. Secretary, Mrs. Harriet Peirce. New Bedford. Association for the Relief of Aged Women. Secreretary, Mrs. E. W. Howland.

New Bedford. Dorcas Society. Secretary, Mrs. Joseph Brownell.
New Bedford. Ladies' City Mission. Clerk, Mrs. D. D. Winn.
New Bedford. Morning Star Beneficial Society. President, Noah
Tillson.

New Bedford Orphan's Home, Clark's Point Road. Secretary, Sarah
T. Crapo.

New Bedford. Union for Good Works, Purchase Street. Secretary, Emily H. Bourne.

New Bedford. Woman's Reform and Relief Association. Secretary, Mrs. T. G. Morgan.

Newburyport Female Charitable Society.

Newburyport. General Charitable Society. Secretary, Miss E. H. Kimball.

Newburyport. Howard Benevolent Society. Secretary, G. W. Hale. New England Moral Reform Society, 6 Oak Place, Boston. Secretary, Mrs. C. D. White.

New England Scandinavian Benevolent Society, Boston. Secretary, C. A. Thalia.

Newton Home for Orphan and Destitute Girls, Church Street.

Northampton. Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes. Principal, Miss H. B. Rogers.

Northampton. Smith Charities. Clerk, C. G. Delano.

Peabody. Charitable Tenement Association.

Peabody. Female Benevolent Society. Secretary, Miss E. O. Proc

tor.

Quincy. National Sailor's Home.

Quincy. Sailors' Snug Harbor, Germantown. Secretary, J. F. Tuck

erman.

Salem. Association for the Relief of Aged and Destitute Women, Derby Street. President, B. H. Silsbee.

Salem Charitable Building Association. Treasurer and Agent, C. H. Allen.

Salem. City Orphan Asylum. President, Sister Mary.
Salem. Dorcas Society. Treasurer, Miss Caroline Faben.
Salem Female Charitable Society. Secretary, Miss H. O. Mack.
Salem Fraternity, 175 Essex Street. Secretary, D. W. Moulton.
Salem. Plummer Farm School, Winter Island. Superintendent, C.
A. Johnson.

Salem. Samaritan Society. President, Mrs. Lydia Short.

Salem. Seaman's Orphan and Children's Friend Society, 7 Carpenter Street. Secretary, Miss E. A. Brown.

Salem. Widow and Orphan Association. Secretary, Miss M. E. W. Jocelyn.

Springfield. Home for Friendless Women and Children, Buckingham Street. Clerk, Mrs. C. T. Leonard.

Taunton Female Charitable Society. Secretary, Miss E. N. Jones. Truro Benevolent Society. Secretary, S. H. Smith.

Wellfleet. Marine Benevolent Society. Secretary, Giles Hopkins. Worcester Children's Friend Society, Main and Benefit streets. retary, Mrs. Nelson Wheeler.

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Worcester. Home for Aged Females, Orange Street. Secretary, H. T. Cheever.

Worcester. People's Club, Brinley Hall. Secretary, Rebecca Jones.

American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

Hartford, Conn.

Organized in 1817. The asylum provides board and tuition at an annual expense of $175 for each pupil. Persons applying for admission must be between the ages of eight and twenty-five, of good natural intellect, capable of forming and joining letters with a pen legibly and correctly, free from any immoralities of conduct and from any contagious disease. Application for the benefit of the legislative appropriations in the States of Maine and New Hampshire should be made to the Secretaries of the States respectively -in Massachusetts to the Secretary of the Board of Education and in Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut to the Governors of those States respectively.