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May next, any member applying to the Governor for the 

 key of the Castle, for a party to be holden there, shall 

 pay into the hands of the Governor fifty cents, if the num- 

 ber of the party does not exceed eight persons, if more, 

 one dollar for the use of wood, &c. 



On application of Mr. S r, an old member, who 



in consequence of removal from the city to the State 

 of Delaware, was placed on the list of honorary members, 

 on the SOth of March 1809, he was now by desire re- 

 admitted to active membership, on payment of the usual 

 fees of admission of new members. 



On the 22d of December 1815, Eli Canby, an esteem- 

 ed member, died at the age of fifty-six years. 



In April 1816, the old Castle which had been removed 

 and converted into a temporary kitchen was pulled down, 

 and a new and commodious one erected on its scite, to- 

 gether with a wood house, new pump trough, and other 

 requisite improvements appended. 



The stipulated yearly rent of a fish, continued to be 

 paid with the punctuality attendant on all business mat- 

 ters of the company . On the rental day the Baron usually 

 dined with his friends at the Castle. A special commit- 

 tee was usually appointed bearing a white perch, on one 

 of the large Penn dishes to the mansion house, where it 

 was formally delivered to, and received by the Baron, 

 who acknowledged the receipt of the tribute, and had re- 

 freshments served up to the committee. 



The 16th of February 1817, the lamented decease of 



