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mately effected under which one-half of the money, 

 with interest, was turned over to St. Luke's and the 

 balance retained by the trustees of the church. The 

 sum so paid amounted to $5,234.02, the representa- 

 tives of the hospital stipulating that it should be 

 applied " for and towards the endowment and sup- 

 port of the Ward of St. George the Martyr and 

 the furnishing and finishing of the chapel to be con- 

 nected with the hospital." The other moiety remain- 

 ing in the hands of the trustees had then to be dis- 

 posed of, and acting upon the report of a special 

 committee four members of the St. George's Society 

 were in the year 1859 elected upon the Vestry of 

 St. George the Martyr, and some of the former Vestry 

 became members of the Society, now having com- 

 plete control steps were immediately taken to erect 

 the church. Three lots were purchased on the north 

 side of Forty-fourth street, between Fifth and Sixth 

 avenues ; a plan was adopted for a suitable build- 

 ing at a moderate cost, the transepts alone having 

 been erected, which were capable of seating three 

 hundred persons, the church was opened for divine 

 worship, as a free church, in April, i860. During 

 the time the building was in progress services were 

 conducted in a room hired for the purpose, and the 

 expenses of the church for salaries, &c., having thus 

 commenced, application was made to the venerable 

 Society in London for the propagation of the Gospel 

 in foreign parts for the payment of a sum of ^500, 



