Committee:—Rev. H. C. Hodges, (Chairman), J. Stenhouse, Esq. (Hon. Treasurer), Thorne, Esq., J. C. Bois, Esq., Mrs, Hodges, Mrs. Nielsen, und Miss Stenhouse.
The Committee are very glad to be able to offer a yond Report this year, their finances being in a very satisfactory condition as shown by the Statement of Accounts appended. This somewhat unusual state of prosperity is mainly owing to the fact that the men who came out from England lately to form the crew of H.M.S. Woodcock, which has been put together in i, were allowed, by a speci ' arrangement with their Commander, to lodge and hoard at the Coffee House until their ship was ready for them, and wer there for about 6 weeks. It is plessure to the Committee to be able to say that during that time the men's behaviour was uniform-67,076.03 ly good and steady, and they themselves
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