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 been received by mail and at the meeting, announced that 210 ballots had been cast, and that the following 1 5 had received the majority of votes:

Anson S. Blake John D. Galloway Mrs. Alfred McLaughlin

Allen L. Chickering Mrs. John O. Gantner F. W. McNear

Templeton Crocker Morton R. Gibbons C. O. G. Miller

Aubrey Drury A. T. Leonard, Jr. Mrs. Silas H. Palmer

Sidney M. Ehrman George D. Lyman Walter A. Starr

The President therefore announced that the foregoing had been elected Directors to serve during the ensuing year and until their successors are elected and qualify.

The Secretary then presented a report for the year 1942, and on motion duly made, seconded, and carried, the report was accepted and ordered spread upon the minutes. The report follows:

Report of the Secretary

For the Year Ended December 5, 1942

MEMBERSHIP

The California Historical Society is increasing steadily in membership, and in the midst of trying times has maintained its position in an effective way, as an outstanding institution devoted to the preservation of things historical pertaining to California and the West.

In the year 1942 the membership of the California Historical Society recorded a net gain of 23 members. According to our last annual report, at the end of the year 1941 we had 602 members, of whom 18 were patron and 25 were sustaining. During the year 1942, 80 new members were elected (including 1 patron and 1 sustaining member); 4 former members (including 1 sustaining member) were re-elected; 33 resignations were accepted; 3 members were dropped for non-payment of dues; 18 died (including 1 patron and 4 sustaining members) and notice was received of 3 deaths which had occurred during the previous year. At the end of the year 1942 we had 625 members, of whom 15 were patron and 27 were sustaining members.

MEETINGS

Six directors' meetings were held during the year, and ten luncheon meetings, the first of which included the annual business meeting of the members of the Society. The subjects and speakers at the luncheon meetings were:

Jan. 23— "Lansford W. Hastings, Man of Action and Vision," by Mr. Leon O. Whitsell.

Feb. 17— "Progress Made, and Work Ahead, in Preserving Our Historic Landmarks," by Hon. Joseph R. Knowland.

Mar. 17— Mr. Sidney M. Ehrman sketched the history of the earlier Calif omia historical societies, and Mr. William E. Colby spoke on "A Half Century of Conservation in California."

Apr. 21— "Recollections of the San Francisco Disaster of 1906," by Mr. J. B. Levison; Battalion Chief Fred J. Bowlen gave a brief history of the San Francisco Fire Department, and recalled his experiences in the Great Fire of April 18, 1906.

May 19— "The Territory of Nataqua: An Episode in the Frontier Period of California East of the Sierra, 1 850-1 865," by Dr. William Newell Davis.

June 16— "William Keith in the History of California," by Brother Cornelius.