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through his efforts, and that besides, a considerable 

 sum of money was collected through the exertions 

 of members of this Society and paid over to that 

 institution. It behooves us, therefore, as guardians 

 of the interests of British emigrants, for whose ben- 

 efit these exertions were made, to see to it that the 

 rights of presentation and representation in St. 

 Luke's thereby acquired are preserved in all their 

 integrity through and by the maintenance of the 

 Church of St. George the Martyr, until St. Luke's 

 shall transfer those privileges to this Society, which 

 it is to be hoped they will some day voluntarily con- 

 sent to do. 



But, to return to our narrative. Ever alert in all 

 that concerns the interests of Englishmen, the So- 

 ciety, at a special meeting, held December 9th, 1859, 

 to take into consideration a plan for the formation 

 of a general Board for the protection of emigrants 

 of all nations from the frauds so frequently prac- 

 ticed upon them by the sellers of counterfeit tickets 

 and other swindlers, appointed two delegates, 

 Messrs. Robert Waller and Philip Pritchard, to re- 

 present the Society in the proposed Board. At a 

 subsequent meeting, held April loth, i860, the dele- 

 gates reported that after several preliminary meet- 

 ings an organization had been formed under the 

 title of " Board of Deputies of Benevolent and 

 Emigrant Societies of the City of New York," and 

 a Constitution adopted, under which officers were 



