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Annual Report of the Recording Secretary 

 May 16, 1908 



Membership 



Membership at date of last annual report : 



Active ■ 141 



Life 2 



Honorary 2 



Corresponding 1 



146 

 Since elected : 



Active 172 



Corresponding 1 



Patron 1 



174 

 320 



Resigned 7 



Deceased 3 



Dropped from roll 1 



Declined election 1 



12 

 On roll at date 308 



This now includes 298 active, 2 life, 2 honorary, and 2 corresponding 

 members, and 4 patrons. In the latter class one was elected without hav- 

 ing been previously a member, and three were elected from among the 

 active members of the Association. 



Meetings 



Eight regular meetings, including the annual meeting, were held in 

 accordance with the provisions of the bylaws. One was held at the resi- 

 dence of the President, one in the reading room of the branch public 

 library at St. George, one in the museum room in Borough Hall and five 

 at the Staten Island Academy. 



The total attendance was approximately 400, or an average of 50 at each 

 meeting, including members and guests. 



During the absence of the secretary in February, March, and April, 

 the duties of the position were performed by the curator-in-chief, who was 

 appointed acting recording secretary by the Board of Trustees for that 

 period. 



Arthur Hollick, 

 Recording Secretary 



