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The Executive Committee feel that they may congratulate the Society and our friends everywhere on what we have already accomplished, and may confidently appeal to all lovers of truth for help in extending the good work in which we are engaged.

1. Become members of the Society by sending the Secretary $50 for a Life member's certificate, or $3 for an Annual membership.

2. If you are already an annual member, see that your renewal fees are regularly paid.

3. Talk to your friends about the Society, and endeavor to induce them to become members.

4. Send us, and try to induce others to send us, material for our archives―such as is indicated above.

5. Many may find it convenient to make contributions of money to enable the Society to carry on its work. If you cannot contribute as much as Mr. Corcoran's liberal donation of $500 per annum, you may aid us by donations of smaller sums.

The Secretary has recently sent out to all members who are in arrears to the Society a request for payment, and has received from several gentlemen replies to the effect that they only subscribed for one year. The terms of membership in the Society are such that we take it for granted that a member desires to continue his membership unless he notifies the Secretary to the contrary before the expiration of his subscription. By remembering this our annual