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It enables Englishmen who may not be members 

 of the Society to subscribe to the relief of their fel- 

 low-countrymen. 



On January loth, 1870, the President informed 

 the Society of the contemplated visit of H. R. H. 

 Prince Arthur to this city, whereupon a special com- 

 mittee of five, consisting of the President, the Vice- 

 Presidents and Messrs. C. T. Gostenhofer and 

 Robert Waller, was appointed to confer with the 

 sister British Societies in this city on the subject of 

 preparing a suitable address to His Royal Highness 

 on his arrival here, or the taking of such other 

 means to celebrate his coming as might seem to 

 them advisable. The Committee subsequently re- 

 ported that an address had been prepared and would 

 be presented to His Royal Highness at the Bre- 

 voort House, on Monday, January 31st, which was 

 done, there being present representatives of the St. 

 George's, St. Andrew's, St. David's and St. Patrick's 

 Societies and the New Caledonian Club, the ad- 

 dress being read by Mr. E. M. Archibald, H. B. M. 

 Consul at this port. On Christmas Eve of this 

 year the Executive Committee inaugurated the 

 custom of making a gift of money and provisions to 

 the worthy pensioners of the Society, a custom 

 which has ever since been continued. 



The celebration of the Scott centenary on 15th 

 December, 1871, in Central Park, was participated 



