The New England Cremation Society. 
This society is incorporated for the purpose of providing the neces- 
sary appliances and facilities for carrying cremation into operation, and 
therewith cremating the bodies of the dead. 
It has power to acquire the necessary land, works, buildings, etc., 
as well as to do all other acts, such as are essential to the carrying 
out of its objects. 
The capital stock of the society is $25,000, distributed into 2,500 
shares, each of the par value of ten dollars. 
The conditions upon which subscriptions will be received are that 
ten per centum of the par value of each share shall be paid at the time of 
subscribing, and that an agreement be entered into to pay the balance at 
such time or times as the same may be called for by the council of the 
society, it being understood that no such call or demand shall be made 
until the whole of the capital stock shall have been subscribed. 
A subscription book is now open at No. G1 Court street, Boston 
(Room 6), where the names of subscribers will be received by the finan- 
cial secretary. 
It is hoped that intending subscribers will enter their names as soon 
as possible, so that the work of providing the necessary appliances for 
carrying into effect the objects of the society may not be delayed. 
The council of the society consists of John Storer Cobb, president; 
Nathan Appleton, Emily J. F. Newhall, and Rev. Frederick Froth- 
ingham, vice-presidents; John Ritchie, treasurer; Sidney P. Brown, 
recording and financial secretary; Lois R. Frothingham, correspond- 
ing secretary; Carl Zerrahn, Frederick S. Cabot, Mary J. Safford, 
M. I)., and Lyman S. Ilapgood. 
The post-office address of. the society is P. O. Box 1207, Boston, 
Mass., where communications will be received by the secretaries, or any 
other member of the council. 
This circular is issued by authority of the council, and signed on its 
behalf by 
John Storer Cobb, and 
John Ritchie.