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embarrassed by the retention on the roll of the 

 names of members, who, whether from absence, or 

 a change of circumstances, had failed to pay their 

 annual dues, and a resolution was adopted ordering 

 their names to be stricken from the list. 



In 1830 a motion was presented by the Rev. Dr. 

 Wainwright, " that a committee be appointed to take 

 into consideration the expediency of establishing in 

 this City, an English Emigrant Office under the 

 patronage of this Society, for the purpose of giv- 

 ing advice and assistance to persons newly arrived 

 in this country, and if expedient to report a plan for 

 carrying the design into effect," which having been 

 carried, a committee of five was appointed to con- 

 sider the subject, and in June of the same year a 

 report was presented recommending the establish- 

 ment of such an office ; but in January following, 

 the effort was abandoned, the committee having 

 been unable to raise the funds necessary to carry 

 out the project. The difficulty of obtaining a 

 quorum at the quarterly meetings appears to have 

 received the attention of the officers at this time, 

 and in 1831 a motion was made to amend the Con- 

 stitution so as to make nine a quorum, but the 

 proposition was negatived, as likewise was a motion 

 made at this date also to prevent the re-election of 

 the President, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries. In 

 this same year an effort was made to amend the 

 clause in the Constitution relating to the Secreta- 



