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mittee also, by way of giving advice to, and assisting 

 emigrants in obtaining situations, was passed unani- 

 mously. In this year Mr. William Miles, President 

 of St. David's Society, presented eight lots, of 16x25 

 feet each, in the Cypress Hills Cemetery to the four 

 British Societies, St. George's, St. Andrew's, St. 

 David's, and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, which 

 were divided into four equal proportions, and spe- 

 cially reserved for the burial of the pauper dead of 

 the four societies respectively. 



The subject of Almoner, which office was abol- 

 ished in the year 1848, came up for consideration at 

 the April meeting in 1854, when the previous reso- 

 lution was rescinded and the office of Almoner 

 again restored. 



Like many other charitable societies, St. George's 

 was in a chronic state of impecuniosity, so far as its 

 distributable funds were concerned, and at the 

 meeting held January loth, 1855, it appearing that 

 the sum at the credit of the Charitable Fund was 

 but $116.66, and the demands upon the society at 

 the time being large, a special appeal was made to 

 the members through a committee appointed for 

 that purpose, which resulted in the collection of 

 $2,015, which sum was handed to the Treasurer. 

 The report of the Committee announcing their 

 efforts was concluded with the recommendation 

 that the following resolution be adopted and pro- 

 mulgated among their fellow countrymen at home : 



