The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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II8 good moral character, and the legitimate descend- ants in the male line of Holland subjects of the United Provinces, prior to 1796, are eligible as members of the Society. Included also are those of other European nationalities who held office under the East India Company, and who settled in Ceylon prior to 1796, speaking Dutch. Q if av v '--r- 7133. g a? 144: who fi ' 1 m4, Q,g. :2 Q i 1 L 4 VU I' r lr 4, l .-4, il.. .4 l ,gl . Q! I5 5 sz 3 i w. ,rx Wi. 5 215 , , r -I 45 -552 ,. 'L .,. .x N 4 A '3 Tx X -1 M ,, W- - .-

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8 I f 1 all-. ' I 2 l i 5 I i T .f.. l III' The Constitution itself is in English, in an b orange-colored cover, and is entitled : The Holland Society of Ceylon, Founded 6th May, 1899. ' Eendragt maakt Magt' fUnion makes Mightj. Colombo, xS99. ART. I. The organization bears the appellation of The Holland Society of Ce lon. Y ART. 2. The objects of the Society are: I. To promote the study of the Holland lan- guage among the members. 2. To promote, with Holland, literary, social, and genealogical intercourse, and to publish the genea- logical trees of the Holland families now living in Ceylon. 3. To perpetuate the memory of the Holland ancestry of the members, to honor its virtues, to promote its principles, and to preserve part of its useful and salutary customs., 4. To foster and promote among the members the sentiment of unity, and to encourage social in- tercourse among their families. 5. To gather by degrees a library for the use of the members, composed of all obtainable books and manuscripts relating tothe Dutch rule of Ceylon, besides standard works of Netherland literature. 6. To prepare and publish a history of the Dutch in Ceylon, containing also a description of their social life, their habits and customs, their methods of administration, and the influence of the same on the present institutions of the island. Persons of respectable standing in society, of

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F l 4' l ls, ,V C T l e+lb- .l : I -L .4 S w-af?-sf: ,..-T . Q' . p t.. 9 1' Q -if Q u ez, I ., Q 16,5533 Y Q if fig' T Q 'E A ' S QS., . if 2 P V 64 f ig, 3 ' SYMPATHY WITH MADAME JOUBERT. Tm: TIOLLAND Socu-:rv or Nrzw Yoxx. N1-:wYoR1-1, une 1 , 1 . MRS. P. J. JOUBERT, J 5 900 Pretoria, South African Republic. DEAR MADAM : A meeting of the Trustees of the Holland Society of New York was held last evening, the first stated gathering since the lamented death of your distinguished husband. VVe recalled the occa- sions when in I 890 our Societyhad the honor of enter- taining General joubert at a banquet, and when at a reception given at the residence of our then President, Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, we had the pleasure of making your acquaintance also. The Trustees instructed the Gfficers of the So- ciety to convey to you the expression of our most sincere sympathy in the great bereavement which has befallen you personally in the loss of your illus- trious consort, and which your afflicted country has experienced in being deprived of his invaluable ser- vices in this time of its sore need. As we have known of General Joubert, in the purity of his life, the wisdom of his statesmanship, the pre-eminence of his military genius, the de- votion of his life to the interests of his beloved country,- the brave little Republic amid the moun- tains and veldts of South Africa,- we feel that his name will ever be held in admiration and reverence, II9