The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-04
RECEIPTS.
Total......S2O60 02
EXPENDITURE.
TotaI...s2O6O OF

D- NNANI 0NN buAAto A. NAC CApCAS VI lnt
Society; ? have been assisted to leave the country; 3 are
no longer in distress; and 4 are still drawing assistance
from the Society.
Hon. Godfrey Rhodes, said that thanks Were
due to the gentlemen who have assisted to
collect the various sum named in the Balance
Sheet. They must congratulate themselves on
the way in which the business of the Society
had been conducted He moved the adoption of
the Treasurer's Report.
Mr.. E. B. Thomas, seconded the motion.
which was carried unanimously.
The Vice-President, Rev. A. Macintosh.
moved a vote of thanks to those members of
their own Society, who had taken an active part
in the concert, by which a considerable sum had
been raised for the benefit of the Society. The
thanks of the Society had already been rendered
to those who are not members, who had so kind
ly assisted at the concert, and he thought. that
his present motion was one which should not be
overlooked.
The motion was duly seconded and carried.
Mr.. Young, remarked that in going round to
collect subscriptions, he and others had been
met with the remark, that it was only those of
one nationality that obtained any assistance
from the Committee. He should like to ask the
Treasurer, if he could tell him the nationaities
of those who had been helped during the past
year.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn, in reply said, that the
record had been kept and he was able to state
that OF the II relieved during the past year: 6
were Englishmen, on whom was expended
1916 80; 7 were Irishmen, 1921 80; 2 Scotch
men, $40; 1 British Indian, $99 so; and l IA
West Indian Islander, ST. so.
Hon. G. Rhodes, remarked that he knew from
his own experience, that it was necessary to
use much caution in giving relief of the charac-
ter this Society desired to dispense.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn, said, he had made it "a
rule not to give relief in any case, except on the
written order of the Vice-President or the Com
mittee.
Mr.. Young, enquired if the Vice-President
had authority to order relief without first obtain
ing the assent of the Relief Committee to his
action.
After some remarks ON this point, from Mr..
Bickerton and others;
The Vice-President rose and said, that in this
matter he found he was a delinquent, as the rules
of the Society did not confer such authority up
on him. The cases in which he had thus
acted were some of extreme urgency, in several
of them, as would be seen from the Treasurer's
the recipients of relief had been at
deaths door. He should, however, have con-
to rule had he not overlooked the pro-
certainly do so in future, if he held office again.
The Vice-President and other Officers of the
Society were then unanimously reelected as fol-
ows:-Vice-President, Rev. A. Macintosh;
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn; Secretary, Mr..
J. S. Smithies; Consulting Committee Hon. G..
Rhodes, and Messrs. Young and Geo. Lucas.
A vote of thanks to the Officers and Commit
tee of the Society, for their services during the
past year, was passed by reclamation.
The Vice-President said that it was desirable
to take the sense of the meeting, as to the pro-
of C %ontinuing the Quarterly Meetings,
ar ordered by the rules. In compliance
with a resolution passed at the last Annual
these had been duly called at the end
of the first and second quarters of the year, but
no one attended, except the members of tie
The end of the third quarter fall
ing in the midst of the smallpox epidemic, a
meeting had not then been called. He should
like to know the view of the meeting on
the subject.
Some discussion followed and the p~ropriety of
continuing to celebrate the Anniversary of the
Society, by a dinner or supper was raised by
DIR. Robt. McKibbin, who said that many sub
scribers objected to paying g so for a dinner
ticket, in addition to the annual subscription.
He for one would like to see the thing done
away with.
Mr.. E. B. Thomas, said that many members
objected to the supper, because they would like
to see it replaced by a dance, to which they
could bring their wives and daughters.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn, said that various methods
of celebrating the day had been attempted.
When there was no other attraction than the
ordinary business of the Annual Meeting, they
found members did not attend. They had tried
lectures and addresses, and these had been
found too dry, and he thought the present
method had proved "a voice " too wet } more
generally successful than any other. 1t was,
however, desirable that the matter should have
careful consideration, in order to see if a change
were desirable, and he would suggest that a
committee of three or five, all of them gentle
men not connected with the Managing Commit
tee, should be appointed to consider and report
upon it.
The Treasurer's suggestion was adopted, and
the following gentlemen were appointed a com
mittee to deal with the question: Messrs. Bick-
erton, Freeth, E. B. Thomas, Young and DR..
Hutchinson. No resolution as to the Quarterly
Meetings was passed, but it was understood
that they would be called as usual III accordance
with the existing rule. The strictly business
part of the evenings proceeding being now at
an end, the company at the Chairman's sug-
gestion adjourned to supper.
After supper, in proposing the toast OF the
evening, Major Wodehouse said: 1.-The first
toast which 1 have to propose is that of Her
Majesty Queen Victoria. 1t requires little COM
ment from me, and I Will only remark that the
esteem and respect with which she is regarded
not only by her own subjects but by member:
of other nationalities was never more clearly
shown than on the occasion of the performance
of H. NJ, S. Pinafore, on Tuesday evening last
when the whole audience rose and remained
standing during the singing by the Compan!
and chorus of "God save the Queen 1t ma,
not be without interest for you to know that hat
not his numerous engagements prevented hin
from opening the Melbourne Exhibition, W
might perhaps have had the pleasure of welcom
ing in this city the heir to the Throne of Grea