Reports. 



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REPORTS. 



Report of the Secretary, 



May, 1905 - May, 1907. 



The names of the recently elected Board of Directors and of 

 the officers selected by them are set forth on another page of this 

 Bulletin. 



Owing to the destruction of the official records and data of 

 the Club on April 18, 1906, it has been impossible to present 

 to the Club a more accurate report as to its condition in May, 

 1906, than has been given in the Circular Letters. 



In May, 1905, the total membership was 858, and it is now 904. 

 Of this number 93 are new members who have joined since May, 

 1906. The membership is now nearly what it was just prior to 

 the fire. We lost quite a number of members through the revo- 

 lutionary change of addresses which followed, and a few more 

 resigned than would have done so under ordinary circumstances. 

 We are now approaching the 1,000 mark, and by energetic work 

 in securing new members we should have that number by the 

 end of another club year. 



Though the fire also interfered somewhat with the payment 

 of dues, and, consequently, we did not receive quite as much 

 from this source as during the preceding year, and while our 

 printing bills for the replacing of all of the Club's circulars, by- 

 laws, application cards, etc., which were destroyed, and certain 

 other expenses, have been heavier than they will be another year, 

 yet this has been more than offset by the saving of office-rent, for 

 the headquarters of the Club have been at the home of the 

 Secretary during the past year. We have, therefore, a larger 

 balance on hand at the beginning of the Club's fiscal year than 

 ever before. 



We hope by January, 1908, to have secured and opened to our 

 members and the public a suitable office and clubroom in some 

 down-town building in San Francisco. This, together with other 

 important advances in the Club's work will necessitate using a 

 greater amount of money for current expenses than formerly, and 

 this must be met by the dues derived from an increased member- 

 ship. We have on hand in the Refurnishing Fund $257.58, but 

 hope to double this amount before we will have to furnish the 

 new rooms. We wish the equipment to be complete in every 

 respect, and we can promise our members a much better-furnished 



