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REPORTS. 



Report of the Secretary, 



From May 7, 1904, to May 6, 1905. 



The Club has just completed one of the most prosperous and 

 encouraging years of its existence, and has been engaged in 

 some of the most active and effective work since its organization. 

 The act of the last State Legislature receding Yosemite Valley 

 to the National Government was accomplished largely through 

 the efforts of the Club, which also aided in the adoption of the 

 State Forestry Law, in securing the appropriation to be used for 

 continuing the water and forest investigations in conjunction 

 with the Federal Government, and in the transfer of the 

 management of the Federal Forest Reserves to the Bureau of 

 Forestry. 



The additions to the memberr^hip during the year were one 

 hundred and ninety-two, while ninety-eight names were dropped 

 from the list by reason of death, resignation, or non-payment 

 of dues, making a net increase of ninety-four members for the 

 year. The membership of the Club numbered eight hundred and 

 fifty-eight at the close of the Club fiscal year, and by the end 

 of the next year, if the present members will only exert them- 

 selves to interest desirable persons in joining the Club, we ought 

 to have one thousand members. 



At the recent Club election, the Board of Directors named on 

 the preceding page were elected, and at their first meeting they 

 in turn named the officers there set forth. 



The revised by-laws were adopted without a dissenting vote. 



The Club prepared a veiy attractive exhibit in co-operation 

 with the Pacific Coast Forest, Fish, and Game Association at 

 the Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco during April, and was 

 awarded the second prize — a handsome silver cup with horn 

 handles. Great praise is due Mr. M. H. McAllister, without 

 whose able assistance the Club exhibit would not have been 

 possible. 



The Le Conte Memorial Lodge Library in Yosemite Valley 

 has been opened for the season, and Mr. H. A. Stout, a recent 

 graduate of the University of California, who is in every way 



