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persons as may by membership or otherwise be likely 

 to promote the interests of the Society. This com- 

 mittee, consisting of Joseph Fowler, James Chester- 

 man, Charles Edwards, Moses Isaacs and Dr. Bart- 

 lett, having concluded their work, presented a re- 

 port at the quarterly meeting of the Society, held 

 January nth, 1836, which was accepted, and from 

 which we make the following extract : 



" A scheme which has for its object the benefit of 

 its fellow creatures never fails to awaken in the 

 breast of the philanthrophist a lively interest in its 

 favor. To the humane and benevolent, therefore, 

 no apology for the members of the St. George's 

 Society will be required for placing before them 

 some of the characteristics of an institution which 

 its officers have reason to believe has been some- 

 times misrepresented and is not generally well un- 

 derstood. 



" Half a century has elapsed since the formation 

 of this Society, and it had been continued with 

 little interruption in useful, though not extensive 

 operation to the present day. An erroneous idea 

 has prevailed, and which may not in every instance 

 have been removed, that the funds of the Society 

 have been lavished at the festive board. This is 

 not true. The annual dinner is provided at the ex- 

 pense of the members who partake of it, and in 

 some instances a surplus of money arising from the 

 subscriptions to it has been transferred to the Treas- 



