gonoral mooting of, the Intornational Chess Club was held at the Hotel dex Colonien on Weitnonday ov ing, when the president, Sir Havilland do Sausmarez, took the chair. There was only a small attondane The Chairman said the annual report was before the mombers.and ho thought they might take it as read. In moving the adoption of the report ho took the ity of congratulating the Club oughly satisfactory financial it found if. He y|thought the feeling of the mombora which wan taken at the first meeting, in regard to the subscription, was a ud they now benefited by in having © balance in hand of $005. At a very early period of their ence they thought of the matter of they knew where they stood as they should not abend money on prizes until they conlt afford to pay for th The Committee took the sume view, and the result was that they had this balance in hand. The committee realised that when they came to establish themselves in promises of their own there would be considerable calls to be met for furniture, and possibly other calls of which they knew nothing at the present ti Although. they had a considerable amount of money he did not think it was more than they ought to havo'in hand, and there could be no question of using the subscriptions at the present. tim He thought they ought to take thi opportunity of thanking the Hotel des Colonies for the kind way in which they riginal f
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