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

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2o8 it was remarkable that three of that number died upon one day. Our necrology for the past year includes three of the founders of the Society, Cornelius Van Brunt, George Van Wagenen and George West Van Siclen, our first Secretary, than whom no one was more enthusiastically devoted to the pro- gress of the Society. Two others on the list of the dead were among those elected at the second regular meeting which followed the foundation of the Society in june, 188 5, Selah Reeve Van Duzer and Peter Q. Eckerson. Albany con- tributed four to this mortuary roll and is the largest sufferer, among her dead being Thomas J. Van Alstyne, who was Vice-President for that county at the time of his death. g The report of the Treasurer, which also accom- panied the notice of this meeting, showed that our receipts from all sources, including our balance at the beginning of the year, made a total of 57674-34- Our disbursements took all of this amount except the sum of 3B387.26, which was carried over to the new year. Among Our large expenditures will be noticed the purchase of two bonds for 352,o8o, and the expense of an additional meeting to which our friends were invited and which cost us - 383810. This meeting took place December 1 5, 1903, and was attended by about four hundred members and guests, who were entertained with an illustrated lecture by our gifted fellow member, Prof. Dwight L- .E11T1G11d01'f, depicting a trip through Holland. This was followed by a collation, which seemed to impress our guests very favorably, and the result

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207 Wyckoff, Albert A. Zabriskie, Geo. A. Zabriskie Josiah H. Zabriskie. , President Banta, in calling the meeting to order congratulated the members on the fact that thg past year had been in some respects the most successful for the Societyg that it had feceived an unusually large number of new membersg that 352,000 had been added to its invested fundsg and that the special meeting had brought in a num- ber of new members and made the Society better known to the older members. r p The minutes of the last annual meeting having been printed in the Year Book, it was unani- mously voted that reading them be dispensed with. T p The Secretary presented the following report, which was on motion received and ordered to be inserted in the Year Book. p A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. The statement sent out with the notice of the annual meeting showed that a year ago the mem- bership was eight hundred and fifty-one. We have elected during the year forty-eight new mem- bers and reinstated one, making the total upon our rolls nine hundred. From that number we have dropped for non-payment of dues thirty-two. Those who have resigned number four. Those who have died are twenty-four, making the mem- bership at the date of the statement eight hundred and forty. Since that date five other members have died, still further reducing our raf1kS, and

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'209 of the meeting was manifest A in the number Of applications Which came up for action at the last meeting of the Trustees, when thirty-two new members were elected. A110 bursement Was for souvenirs at the time of the annual dinner in January, on Which occasion it was determined to send souvenirs to those mem- bers Who. could not attend as Well as to those who participated in that celebration. The ad- ditional expense was about 3400, and, if one may judge. from the sentiments expressed by those absent members who thus profited by the innova- tion, the Society has been strengthened and more firmly intrenched in the regard of its members than ever before. The die from which our badge is struck required repairs, which cost 378.7 5, and before distributing the type from which the Year Book Was printed, a number of smaller books, containing merely the By-laws and list of members ,I Were printed for distribution among those Who Were not entitled to receive the e Year Book, and for purposes of exchange with similar societies, at an expense of 584. I Our Year Book, as heretofore, is a large item in our expense account, but most deservedly so, since it Wins golden opinions everywhere and is more and more sought by libraries and other institutions for the valuable collections of genea- logical matter which it publishes and makes accessible, and because of the attractive and aristocratic appearance Which it presents The Nineteenth Anniversary Dinner WHS the largest ever given by the Society, and some say that it was the most successful. It may be con- fidently asserted that every member st-3Yed until 14 ther unusual dis-