year are herewith appended, as follows:--

Fiscal Year
(1801) (1876)
First quarter, $1.91 First quarter, $314.15
Second " 2.13 Second " 296.94
Third " 2.93 Third " 305.71
Fourth " 5.29 Fourth " 294.28

For the year, $12.26 For the y'r, $1,211.08


Trusting the foregoing, which is believed to be correct, will be
acceptable to you, I am, sir, respectfully,

Your ob't serv't,

JAMES H. MARR,

Acting First Ass't P.M. General.


It will be seen that the net income of the office, during the first
seventy-five years of its existence, increased one hundred fold.

West Groton is a small settlement that has sprung up in the western part
of the town, dating back in its history to the last century. It is
pleasantly situated on the banks of the Squannacook River, and in my
boyhood was known as Squannacook, a much better name than the present
one. It is to be regretted that so many of the old Indian words, which