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ready for temporary occupation, and was opened for the 
serving of meals with a delay of only forty- eight hours. 
Plans for rebuilding were at once undertaken by the 
Society's architects, Messrs. G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, and it 
is expected that the work will be completed in time to meet 
the demands of summer patronage. The restored building 
will follow generally the exterior lines of the old one, but 
the inside arrangement has been considerably altered in 
the direction of public convenience. 
The need of strict economy in directing the expenditures 
of the last half of the year prevented further construction 
of permanent character, and has indeed required the post- 
ponement of certain much-needed repairs, some of which, it 
is believed, may be made before the close of the year now 
beginning. 
The Board desires to express its thanks to the generous 
patrons who have remembered the Society with gifts in the 
past. 
By order of the Board, 
ARTHUR ERWIN BROWN, 
Secretary. 
