CANOEING. 



5 11 



about midnight, all voting it thoroughly 

 satisfactory' from a business standpoint and 

 that a pleasant evening had been spent. 



C. V. Schuyler, Scc.-Trcas. 



CAMP SITE COMMITTEE REPORT, 1897. 



Camp Grindstone, August 26. — John N. 

 McKendrick, Com. A. C. A. — My Dear 

 Sir: As chairman of the camp site commit- 

 tee for 1897 I beg to present the following 

 report: 



I'l. vpotditures. 



Material as per exhibit A, attached $185. 76 



Labor as per exhibit H, attached 221.75 



Decorations as per exhibit C, attached 2 '.02 



Miscellaneous as per exhibit D 79.82 



Total $50935 



Receipts. 



J. J. Delany, as per exhibit K, attached $'4-75 



W. L. Delany, as per exhibit E, attached 3-9o 



From tent floors and labor, as per exhibit E, at- 

 tached 282.80 



Total $301. 45 



Expenditures in excess of receipts 207.90 



$509.35 



In view of the probability that the meet 

 for 1898 will be held upon Grindstone 

 Island or in that vicinity, the following 

 property of the Association was stored 

 with J. J. Delany for future use — see ex- 

 hibit F: One commodore's tent, fly and 

 poles; 1 secretary-treasurer's tent, fly and 

 poles; 1 camp site committee's tent, fly and 

 poles; 1 surgeon's tent, fly and poles; 8 

 floors for headquarters tents, 1 mess tent 

 floor, 1 dock, 1896; 1 dock, 1897; 2 square 

 tables, 1 long table, 1 post-office, 1 signal 

 flag rack, 1 signal gun platform, 2 " Private 

 Grounds " signs, 5 benches, 5 flag-poles 

 and blocks, 3 barrel buoys, 2 megaphones, 

 1 carpenter's bench (without screw), 2 

 tournament wands, 1 bundle Y% inch rope 

 for buoys, 1 bundle No. 12 annealed wire, 4 

 boxes candles, 2 boxes tent pegs, 1 barber's 

 chair, 57 lantern globes assorted colors, 72 

 lantern frames, 5 w. c. fixtures, 4 rolls toilet 

 paper, l / 2 barrel copperas. 



In addition to the Association property 

 all of the tent floors belonging to the in- 

 dividual members (unless in charge of Mr. 

 Delany by special arrangement) were 

 brought to headquarters, snugly and se- 

 curely piled up, subject to the owner's 

 order and at his risk. All of which is re- 

 spectfully submitted. 



Henry C. Morse. 

 Chairman Camp Site Committee. 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT, 1897. 



Receipts. 



Passengers and duffle $163.48 



Balance 221.02 



$384.50 

 R-rpenditures. 



Advertisement for steamer $ 150 



Scows for duffle, 2 days p.ro 



Pastime, steamer, charter, seventeen days 37400 



$384 50 



In addition to the above receipts, (here 



were further boat earnings, amounting to 



about $25, collected by the camp site com- 

 mittee. The steamer was chartered Fot 

 day before the opening of the camp, and 

 one day after the close. The first day, while 

 being of considerable U9e to the manage- 

 ment, was not a financial snecess, but the 

 last day netted considerable profit to the 

 Association. The receipts were reduceu 

 considerably through members chartering 

 the steamer for trips later than the regular 

 schedule time, and thus depriving the Asso- 

 ciation of earnings anticipated in carrying 

 them to and from camp. 



We believe that a less Frequent service 

 would be found satisfactory on all days ex- 

 cept those when the members arrive in con- 

 siderable numbers, and would suggest t'> 

 our successors that, if it is found necessary 

 to charter a steamer during the meet, the 

 time schedule be so arranged that the A. 

 C. A. steamer may be placed at the disposal 

 of the regatta committee for certain por- 

 tions of each day during the last week, and 

 for charters for short trips of members of 

 the Association in camp. 



The details of the receipts from the 

 steamer are as follows, for each day from 

 August 5 to 21 inclusive: $7, $10.30, $12.02, 



$3-45, $7-37, $5-95, $9-55. $12.35, $11-45, 

 $6.60, $6.55, $16.60, $4.70, $25.15, $24.44. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) R. Easton Burns, Chairman. 



J. G. Fraser, 



J. K. Hand. 



REGATTA COMMITTKE. FINANXIAL REPORT, 

 1S97. 



Expenses. 



Launch, charter 



Prizes 1375c 



Prizes, express 1 .oc 



Rope for buoys 2.5c 



Cloth for buoys 78 



$147.78 



After recording in detail the races of the 

 meet, the report concluded: " In order to 

 correct misstatements regarding the trophy 

 race, the regatta committee beg to state 

 that on the evening of August 17 the trophy 

 race was posted, to take place the next 

 afternoon. At the stated time a strong 

 puffy wind from the West was blowing, 

 with a moderate sea running, and the 

 weather was not considered by the regatta 

 committee as unsuitable for moderately can- 

 vased canoes. But as only one contestant 

 appeared at the starting line, the race was 

 postponed to the next day, with the result 

 as given above. 



No protests were entered against the 

 various rulings of the regatta committee. 

 We wish to thank Commodore F. L. Dun- 

 nell for acting as clerk of the course. 



The regatta committee beg to submit the 

 following recommendations: 



