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Rh THE OFFICE,

No. 13 Broadway, which we have occupied for fifteen years, will, on account of alterations in the building, be temporarily removed, in February, to No. 29 Broadway, second story, but we expect to return to the renovated building by May 1st.

The Society feels more and more the necessity of securing for itself a permanent location in the lower part of the city, and of acquiring a building by purchase, like the German Society of Philadelphia. The Legacy Fund could thus find a permanent investment, the Society would secure a moderate office rent, and would gain all the advantage of a well-known address not subject to changes. The surplus of the Reserve Fund of the Banking Department, after it shall have reached the sum stipulated as a permanent security fund ($50,000), might thus likewise be advantageously invested.

MEMBERS.

At the close of the year 1882 the German Society

had a membership of978 members.

Lost by death, removal, or other causes, during

the year 188336"

Leaving942 members.

New members received in the course of the year180"

Present membership1122"

As the advice and warning given to emigrants in the annual reports of the past few years, in consequence of their wide dissemination through the German press, have attracted general notice, and caused many persons inclined to emigrate to apply to the Society for further information, the Directors resolved to publish a pamphlet, entitled, "Practical Advice and Information for German Emigrants." Single copies of this Guide are given or sent to applicants free of charge. The aim of this pamphlet is explained in the preface, as follows:

"Germans emigrating to America are in the greater need of information, instruction, and many warnings, that they