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BROOKLYN POST OFFICE-Continued.

over $60 and not exceeding $70, 35 cents; over $70 and not exceeding $80, 40 cents; over $80 and not exceeding $100, 45 cents. Postal notes not exceeding $4.99, 3 cents.

Letters and packages can be registered (except Sunday) at Central Office and Stations from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. for a fee of ten cents in addition to postage.

THE RETURN AND FORWARDING OF MAILS. Letters bearing the name and address of the sender will be returned without additional postage, if not delivered within 30 days, or in shorter time if so indorsed. Postal cards wholly or partly in writing will be returned if not delivered in 30 days, if the name and address of the writer are shown on the card; but sender's name must not be shown on the address side of postal cards. Packages of second, third and fourth class matter, if not delivered within 30 days, will be returned to the sender if his name and address are shown on the package.

Letters prepaid at one full rate (two cents). parcels prepaid at first class rates and postal cards will be forwarded at request of addressee

CUSTOMS SERVICE.

List of officers at the Port of New York receiving compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum and upwards:

without additional postage, and can be reforwarded as often as necessary to reach addressee. SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

The law establishing the Special Delivery System provides for the issue of a special stamp of the face valuation of ten cents, which when attached to a letter or package (in addition to the lawful postage thereon) will entitle such letter or package to immediate delivery within the carrier limit of a free delivery office between the hours of 7 A. M. and 11 P. M., by messengers, who upon delivery will procure receipts from the parties addressed, or some one authorized to receive them.

Special Delivery letters arriving at the Brooklyn office on Sunday, addressed for delivery within the General Post Office district, are delivered from 8 A. M. to 10 A. M. and from 5 P. M. to 9 P. M.

An ordinary ten cent postage stamp or its equivalent in postage stamps of other denominations affixed to a letter WILL NOT entitle it to special delivery.

Steamboat Inspection Service. Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, Second District, George H. Starbuck... $3,000 Shipping Commissioner, James C. Reed.. 4,000

Collector, JOEL B. ERHARDT.

Salary .$12,000

Deputy Collector, Nelson G. Williams

3,000

Deputy Collector, Levi M. Gano

3,000

Deputy Collector, John Henry Gunner..

3,000

Deputy Collector, Dudley T. Phelps

3,000

UNITED STATES PENSIONS.

Deputy Collector, Thomas Hunt....

3,000

Deputy Collector, Wilson Berryman..

3,000

Deputy Collector, Henry D. Stanwood.

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An exhibit of the work of the Pension Bureau during the last thirty years:

Deputy Collector, Milton Marion Fenner.

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Deputy Collector, Charles A. Burr..

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THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE.

200 Washington st. Temporary office and lecture rooms with the Young Men's Christian Association, 502 Fulton st. An Academy of Arts and Sciences, having the following Departments of Associate Members: Archaeology, Architecture, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Electricity, Engineering, Entomology, Fine Arts, Geography, Geology. Mathematics, Microscopy, Mineralogy, Painting, Philology, Photography, Physics, Political and Economic Science, Psychology, Zoology.

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Board of Directors-Gen. John B. Woodward, Pres.; Robert B. Woodward, Sec.; George C. Brackett, Treas. Associate Members Rev. Charles H. Hall, D.D., Pres.; Rev. J L. Zabriskie, Sec.; Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, General Curator of the Institute. Membership, 1.586.

Courses of lectures on the arts and sciences. Monthly meetings of each of the departments. Collections in archaeology, botany, entomology, geography, geology, microscopy, mineralogy, photography and zoology. Practical apparatus in physics, chemistry, electricity and engineering. Collections of paintings and casts of antique statuary. Instruction in free-hand, mechanical and architectural drawing.

Department of Archaeology-Prof. Charles E. West, LL.D., Pres.: Lewis G. Janes, M. D., VicePres.; Richard D. Dodge, Sec.; George N. Olcott, Treas. Membership, 62.

Department of Architecture-George L. Morse, Pres.; Louis De Coppet Berg, Vice-Pres. ;_ William B. Tubby, Sec.; Gustav A. Jahn, Treas. Membership, 176.

Department of Astronomy-Henry M. Parkhurst, Pres.; Garrett P. Serviss, Vice-Pres.; Gardner D. Hiscox, Sec.; Arthur C. Perry, Treas.; L. B. Hannaford, Librarian. Membership, 72.

Department of Botany-Rev. George D. Hulst, Pres.; J. W. Martens, Jr., Vice-Pres.; Miss Maria O. Steele, Sec.; Thomas Proctor, Treas.; S. Ely Jelliffe, M. D., Curator. Membership, 74.

Department of Chemistry-Prof. Albert C. Hale, Pres.; Prof. William W. Share, Vice-Pres.; Edgar J. Wright, Sec.; Edward H. Squibb, M. D., Treas. Membership, 121.

Department of Electricity-James Hamblet, Pres; Prof. Samuel Sheldon, First Vice-Pres.; J. P. Wintringham, Second Vice-Pres.; William H. Randall, Sec.; R. W. Bayles, Treas. Membership, 228.

Department of Engineering-Charles E. Emery, Ph. D., Pres.; Richard D. Dodge, Vice-Pres.; J. Lester Woodbridge, Sec.; Prof. Isaac C. Hasbrouck, Treas. Membership, 101,

Department of Entomology-Richard F. Pearsall, Pres; Edward L. Graef, Vice-Pres.; Archibald C. Weeks, Sec.; Frank H. Chittenden, Cor. Sec.; C. H. Roberts, Treas.; Herman Meeske, Librarian; Archibald C. Weeks, Frank H. Chittenden, Curators. Membership. 52.

Department of Geography-Cyrus C. Adams, Pres.; Prof. William Libbey, Jr., First Vice-Pres.; James Cruikshank, LL.D., Second Vice-Pres.; W. T. S. Imlay, Sec.; William C. Burling, Treas. Membership, 76.

Department of Geology-Prof. Darwin G. Eaton, Pres.; Rossiter W. Raymond, Ph. D., VicePres.; W. G. Bowdoin, Sec.; W. F. Sebert, Treas.; Frederick Braun, Curator. Membership, 98. Department of Mathematics Prof. Rufus Sheldon, Pres.; James Cruikshank, LL.D., First Vice-Pres.; Prof. Isaac E. Hasbrouck, Second Vice-Pres; Prof. Ernest R. von Nardroff, Sec.; George W. French, Treas. Membership, 45.

Department of Microscopy-Henry S. Woodman, Pres.; S. E. Stiles, M.D., Vice-Pres.; George E. Ashby, Sec.; E. C. Chapman, Treas.; Albert A. Hopkins, Curator. Membership, 112.

Department of Mineralogy-Joseph H. Hunt, M. D., Pres.; George H. Mather, Vice-Pres.; John W. Freckelton, Sec.; William G. Rothe, Treas. Membership, 78.

Department of Painting-Frank Squier. Pres.; William Hamilton Gibson, First Vice-Pres.; Frederick J. Boston, Second Vice-Pres.; S. F. Kneeland, Third Vice-Pres.; Thomas Willing, Cor. Sec.; I. A. Josephi, Rec. Sec.; Erskine L. Waite, Treas.; William H. Snyder, Curator. Membership, 44.

Department of Philology-Prof. Brainerd Kellogg, Pres.; Prof. Charles Sprague Smith First Vice-Pres.; William H. Maxwell, Ph.D., Second Vice-Pres.; Caskie Harrison, Ph.D., Sec. Prof. Julian W. Abernethy, Cor. Sec.; Seth T. Stewart, Treas.; Miss Mary Imogen Crandall, Librarian. Membership, 205.

Department of Photography — Alexander Black, Pres.; George H. Cooke, Vice-Pres.; Gould W. Hart, Sec.; William C. Bryant, Treas.; Lewis E. Meeker, M. D., Curator. Membership, 116.

Department of Physics-Prof. Daniel W. Hering, Pres.; George M. Hopkins, Vice-Pres.; John McKay, Ph. D., Sec.; Prof. Darwin G. Eaton, Treas. Membership, 152.

Department of Political and Economic Science-Prof. Richmond M. Smith, Pres.; Hon. Stephen V. White, First Vice-Pres; Joseph C. Hendrix, Second Vice-Pres.; Prof. Frank J. Goodnow. Sec.; Charles Claghorn, Treas. Membership, 250.

Department of Psychology-Nicholas Murray Butler, Ph. D., Pres.; William H. Maxwell, Ph. D., First Vice-Pres.; Prof. Frederick W. Osborn, Second Vice-Pres.; A. G. Merwin, Sec.; Col. Henry S. Bellows, Treas. Membership, 88.

Department of Zoology-Prof. John Mickleborough, Pres.; Heber N. Hoople, M. D., VicePres.; William W. Laing, Sec.; L. B. Hannaford, Treas.; Col. Nicholas Pike, Curator. Membership, 54.

Laboratory of Biological Research, at Cold Spring Harbor, L.I Board of Managers--Eugene G. Blackford, Pres.; Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, Sec. Open from July 1 to September 1. Lectures semi-weekly on biological and scientific subjects. Classes for the study of various branches of biology, and special apparatus for experiments. Excursions for collecting speci

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The Brooklyn Institute.

The inception of the Brooklyn Institute was in the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, founded in 1823, by Augustus Graham, and incorporated by the State Legislature November 20, 1824. The first building of the library was on the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets, the corner stone being laid by General Lafayette on the Fourth of July, 1825. In 1835 the association outgrew these quarters, and the property was sold and the institution removed to its present site on Washington street, then the center of wealth and culture of the city. In order to broaden the scope of the work of the institution, the Legislature granted an amended charter in 1843, and the name was changed to the Brooklyn Institute. For many years following the Institute was an important factor in the social, literary, scientific and educational life of the city, and the most eminent talent in the country lectured in its halls. During this brilliant period of its history Augustus Graham presented the building, which was heavily mortgaged, to the trustees, free of all incumbrance. In his will also, made known shortly after his death in 1851, he bequeathed $27,000 to the Institute as a permanent endowment fund. In 1867 the building was remodeled at an expense of $30,000, placing the Institute so heavily in debt that it could no longer do the work it aimed to accomplish, and for twenty years thereafter the society declined steadily. In 1887 the debt was all paid, and the Institute began to grow and under able management to become popular again. In 1887 the membership numbered sixty, and in the three years that have since elapsed it has gained over

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five hundred members a year. The work has also grown in proportion. In 1887 a half dozen lectures sufficed, while for the season of 1890-91 a series numbering two hundred and fifty lectures has been laid out. September 12, 1890, the Institute building took fire and was damaged to the extent of $27,000 in cash, but in scientific collections to an extent which figures express but poorly. Since then the work has been carried on at the Young Men's Christian Association,502 Fulton street. The old Institute building is to be rebuilt. The Proposed Museum of Art and Science.

In December, 1888, a committee of members of the Institute was appointed to organize a movement which it was hoped might lead to the formation of museums of art and science in Brooklyn. The committee drew up a letter of invitation to a public meeting to be held on February 5, 1889. This letter, signed by about two hundred residents of Brooklyn, was sent to about fifteen hundred citizens who were known to be especially interested in art and science. At the meeting Chairman John B. Woodward stated its purpose and spoke of the desire felt by the Directors of the Institute that the property of the Institute should be made the nucleus of museums of art and science for the education and enjoyment of the people. Several addresses in favor of the project were made by prominent public men of Brooklyn, and a committee of twenty-five citizens was appointed to act in conjunction with the directors of the Brooklyn Institute in organizing an association to secure

Fish Culture on The Fishery Commission of the State of New York has five stations for the hatching of fish. Three of these are in the Adirondack region and are used for trout and frost fish only. The most complete and best fitted one is located at Cold Spring Harbor, on the north shore of Long Island, thirty-two miles from New York City. It is supplied with all the modern apparatus for both salt and fresh water fish. It is under the superintendence of Mr. Fred Mather, who began operations there in 1883. The ponds contain brook trout, brown trout, Loch Leven trout, and land-locked salmon, while the salt water is only six hundred feet distant from the springs, which come out in the hills above. A Biological Laboratory, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute, was started in the hatchery building in 1890. Since the establishment of this hatchery it has, beside furnishing numbers of fry of various kinds to

a museum. At the second joint meeting of the committee and the directors a special committee on site and legislation made a report, in which was incorporated the form of a bill to be introduced in the Legislature of the State. The report was unanimously adopted, and the bill was introduced in the State Senate March 11, and passed both Houses of the Legislature without opposition, and was signed by the Governor early in June. The act provided for the reserving from sale of that portion of the so-called east side lands that lie south of the Eastern Parkway and south and east of the reservoir adjacent to Prospect Park. The tract of land contains about forty-five acres on the summit and southern slope of Prospect Hill. The act also provided for the leasing of these lands for the purpose of building museums thereon by any corporation. The next step necessary was the incorporation of an institution whose purposes should be those of the best museums of art and science already in existence, that should have the power through its charter to accomplish its purpose, and that should absorb the old Brooklyn Institute as an organic part of itself. The bill to incorporate the new institution under the name of "The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science" was signed by Governor Hill April 23, 1890. On May 17 the following officers for the new institution were elected: Gen. John B. Woodward, Pres.; Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., First Vice-Pres.; Hon. James S. T. Stranahan, Second Vice-Pręs. ; Samuel M. Meeker, Third Vice-Pres.; Edwin Beers, Treas.; Prof. Robert Foster, Ph. D., Sec.; Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, Director.

Long Island.

other parts of the State, including the stocking
of the Hudson river with salmon, which are now
captured in shad nets and sent to market, planted
the following fishes on Long Island in the num-
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Additions to the list which appeared in the EAGLE ALMANAC of 1890.
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MUSICAL SOCIETIES OF BROOKLYN. OPERA ASSOCIATION.-This wellknown company was formed in 1874 at a meeting held in the house of James Bogle. Most of the first members were members of the choir of St. Peter's P. E. Church, and the first conductors were Henry E. Hutchinson and J. Walter Thompson. "Martha" was its first undertaking and "Doctor of Alcantara" its second. These were sung at Central Hall, corner of Fulton st. and Flatbush av., with John Oakey, Charles H. Parsons and Mrs. E. J. Grant in the cast. Augustin Cortada then succeeded to the directorship, and under his lead a number of operas were produced. The Gilbert & Sullivan operas gave new importance to the Association, stimulated its growth and called attention to its performances. They were within its range, and in "Pinafore," "The Sorcerer," "The Mikado," "Iolanthe," "Pirates of Penzance" and "The Gondoliers "it achieved a more than social success, the tunefulness and spirit of the chorus ranking it beyond the work of professional chorus singers. Among other works that have been given at the Academy of Music are "The Mascot," "Chimes of Normandy, "" Maritana," "Fatinitza," "The Musketeers," "The Beggar Student, Fra Diavolo." "Billee Taylor" and "Bohemian Girl." In all thirty-nine performances have been given, and given with a thoroughness and perfection of detail not always secured in representations on the regular stage. The Association is fortunate in securing a number of retired professional actors and good singers in its active corps, and there are some who pass for amateurs who have had experience that almost qualifies them to take positions in dramatic companies. Among the leading lights of the Association have been Emma Henry Thomas, Annie Rutherford, J. Williams Macy, Francis G. Landon, George C. Pearee, Frank C. Stedman, W. D. Preston, Charles H. Parsons, ex-District Attorney John Oakey, Mrs. E. J. Grant, L. Rowlee, Alice Mersereau, Gertrude Luther, Laura Groves, Edgeworth Starrett, Mrs. J. W. Macy, Mrs. M. C. Boynton, Agnes Lasar, Louise Kemlo, Hattie Schroter, Chauncey Ives, Charles Herbert Clarke, Samuel L. Swasey, John T. Brennan, Percy Garnett Williams, A. L. Nickolds, Charles H. Thompson, Emmett Drew, Charles A. Hetzel, Charles A. Rice, Fred S. Smith, John G. Hill and Thomas T. Drill. Several of these people are still in the Association. The presidents have been Charles H. Parsons, James Bogle, Arthur Walton, John Landers and William E. Lathrop; the latter has held his office for three years. Its musical directors, beside those mentioned, have been Raphael Navarro, Frank Howson and Will W. Thomas. The chorus numbers 50; the subscribing members are about 150. Rehearsals are conducted in the Remsen Rooms, on the corner of Court and Remsen streets. The list of officers is as follows: President, William E. Lathrop; VicePresident, Martin B. Klopp; Secretary, John W. Rowlee; Treasurer, William S. Taylor; Financial Secretary, William J. Taylor: Trustees, Frank S. Waller, Ludwig Nissen, Joseph F. Fradley; Dramatic Committee (also in charge of the musicales, of which there are three a year), Martin B. Klopp, Chairman; Frank S. Waller, Joseph F. Fradley; Musical Director, Will W. Thomas; Chorus Manager, Harry F. Dixie. It is probable that the Association will undertake grand opera in the near future.

I from the start had a male chorus numbering about forty voices, which was afterwards increased to seventy, and had in its ranks some of the best solo voices in the city. The first rehearsals were held in old Phoenix Hall, in South Eighth street; then they found more commodious quarters in the Lyceum building; from there they moved to their present quarters, corner Clymer street and Division avenue, where they are in possession of the upper portion of the building, consisting of parlor, music room, reading room, billiard room and library. Its membership is now over five hundred. A male chorus and amateur orchestra of over fifty members are still supported, which compares favorably with any profesional organization. C. Mortimer Wiske is still the conductor, and to his energy, zeal and skill the society is largely indebted for its prosperity. Its officers are: Pres., D. T. Wilson, Vice-Presidents, J. D. Perkins, J. S. Simp-. son; Treas., Wm. Vogel; Rec. Sec., Hoffman Beach; Financial Sec., C. A. Eabry; Musical Director, C. M. Wiske; Librarian, A. G. Waring.

AMPHION SOCIETY was founded on Monday, September 6, 1880, by C. M. Wiske, E. S. Swalm, T. H. Brady, R. A. Doolittle, M. H. Leonard, A. Mollenhauer and a few others. Organized on the evening of September 14, 1880, and incorporated September 5, 1881, its aim was to promote musical culture and to furnish suitable club rooms for its members. R. Leonard was the first subscribing member, and Richard Walsh the first President. The society

APOLLO CLUB-On November 1, 1877, a meeting was held at the residence of Chauncey Ives, "to organize a club for singing part songs for male voices. On November 7 a second meeting was had at the house of E. M. Jewell, whereat officers were elected and a constitution and by-laws adopted. On November 14 the name of "The Apollo Club of Brooklyn" was adopted. The first rehearsal was held at 177 Montague street on November 21, 1877, and on March 27, 1878, the young society gave a "reception concert" in the art rooms of the Academy of Music. After this concert, interviews were had between a committee of the active members and certain influential gentlemen, notably W. B. Leonard and the late Dr. A. E. Sumner, in consequence of which a meeting took place at Dr Sumner's, June 5, 1878, at which the club was reorganized on its present basis, and on June 17 a new constitution and by-laws were adopted. The Apollo Club was incorporated May 28, 1879. From 1878 to 1887 Wm. B. Leonard was President; from 1887 to the present L. S. Burnham has filled that office. The position of chairman of the active members has been filled during most of the club's history by I. A. Stanwood, and later by I. P. Taylor, the present incumbent. Daniel Wescoat has been secretary of the club from the start to the present time. In May, 1881, the club gave a complimentary concert to Dudley Buck, who has been conductor of the Apollo Club from its foundation. The club meets at the Apollo rooms, corner of Remsen and Court streets, on Monday nights from October to April. Three concerts are given annually, in December, February and April, at the Academy of Music at which have appeared some of the most eminent soloists who have visited this country or who are resident here. The active strength of the Apollo Club consists of about seventy members, with eighty as the limit; the subscribing membership numbers two hundred and forty.

THE ARION MANNERCHOR was organized 1865, and numbers 330 members, of whom 80 are active or singing members. Meets at Arion Hall, Wall st.; President, Peter Bertsch; H. B. Scharmann, Honorary Pres.; Louis Zoellner, Gottfried G. Kaufmann, Secs. The chorus is now under the direction of Arthur Claassen, who assumed the post of conductor January 1, 1890, succeeding Alexander Rihm, who had held them for six years.

AEOLIAN. This society of about fifty members has for its President Benjamin R. Western; Sec. and Treas., William Western.

BROOKLYN CHORAL SOCIETY-This society of mixed voices originated in 1886 among the members of the Park Congregational Church. It had numerous accessions from the musicallyinclined residents of the southern part of the city, and under the leadership of J. C. Dempsey

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gave three concerts during its first season. The following year the post of conductor given to Dudley Buck, who carried the largely augmented chorus through the society's second season. Preliminary to the third season the society was reorganized, a new and efficient board of directors being elected, with William Berri as President, C. Mortimer Wiske becoming conductor. Under Mr. Wiske the chorus was increased to 300, and three successful concerts were given in the Academy of Music. The new board of directors meanwhile succeeded in enrolling 350 subscribing members, and the finances of the society were placed on a satisfactory basis. Mr. Berri retired from the presidency in 1890, being succeeded by Henry E. Hutchinson. The VicePresident is Charles E. Teale; Treasurer, Clement Lockitt; Secretary of the subscribing members. Dexter M. Swaney, 85 Herkimer street, and of the active members Frederick C. Buys, 223 Monroe street. Rehearsals of the chorus are held on Tuesday evenings at Polytechnic Institute, 99 Livingston street.

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BROOKLYN CECILIAN, Albert S. Caswell, Director, was organized in 1881 for the purpose of improving the singing in our schools. The members of the junior and chorus divisions receive singing lessons of an hour's duration (music included), at four cents each, i. e, membership fee of $1.00 per twenty five weeks. The schools from which the membership is drawn are benefited by the presence in the midst of these specially trained pupils. The junior division, girls ten to fourteen years of age, numbers 275. The chorus division, girls over fourteen and boys with unchanged voices, numbers 575, viz: 375 girls and 200 boys. The junior and chorus divisions, 850 members, are divided into three sections, viz: Greenpoint section, Joseph A. Campbell, chorus master; Bedford section, 250, Charles S. Yerbury, chorus master; central section, 475, the director, assisted, by William B. Goate. These scctions meet on Saturday mornings. The senior division is com. posed of young women, many of whom have been members since the organization nine years ago. The membership is limited to seventy-five and is full. It practices on Fridays, 4 to 5:30P.M., under direction of Mr. Caswell. The first concert was given the latter part of the season of 1882, in the Academy of Music, about 600 members appearing. Since then annual concerts have been given in various large halls, with membership varying from 150 to 300, and the senior division has assisted at sundry entertainments from time to time. The Society is nearly selfsupporting.

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BROOKLYN MAENNERCHOR-7 Myrtle Henry Mugge, Pres.; W. E. Blossfeld, Sec.; Julius Bode, Musical Director. Membership, 100.

CAECELIA LADIES' VOCAL SOCIETY-The success of the Amphion Musical Society led more directly, perhaps, than any other circumstance to the formation of a somewhat similar society that would give to women an opportunity for culture in choral music. C. Mortimer Wiske therefore issued a circular dated September 25, 1884, relative to forming such an organization, the season to begin November 1, continuing for six months to May 1, 1885. Many responses were received to the circular and a chorus of about eighty voices was organized that held its first rehearsal on November 1, 1884, in the chapel of the Ross Street Presbyterian Church. The division of the corps was as follows: Thirty first sopranos; twenty-four second sopranos; eighteen first altos and fifteen second altos. first concert was given January 5, 1885, in the Lee Avenue Congregational Church; first annual meeting held May 11, 1885. in the Amphion parlors, and showed receipts to be $1,355.61 against disbursements of $1,312.08. Its first president was Mrs. Bernard Peters. The present officers are Mrs. George E. Orton, President; Vice-President, Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp; Recording Secretary, Mrs. A. G. Brown; Financial Secretary,

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| Mrs. David Myerle; Musical Director, C. M. Wiske; Librarian, Miss Anna G. Hesse; Treasnrer, Mrs. Oscar Pfeiffer; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. John S. King.

CECILIA-101 Grand st., is officered by William Schroeder, Pres.; Gustav Traubmann, Sec.; Frank Joa, Treas.; Ernst Scharpf, Musical Director.

CHESTER GLEE CLUB, a mixed chorus of fifty voices, was named after its leader, William Chester Baird, the baritone, and it sprang from the choir of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church. In that edifice they hold rehearsals and concerts. It was projected in the fall of 1884, by Mrs. Charles E. Spier, a member of the choir. There are two hundred subscribers, and four concerts a year are given. The officers are: President, William H. Nichols; Vice-President, Nathaniel B. Hoxie Jr.; Secretary, William J. Clark; Treasurer, Abiel Wood.

CONCORDIA MAENNERCHOR-This society was organized in 1860. and was formed from the old Concordia Gemischter Chor. It now numbers 160 members, of whom eighty are active. The Concordia meets in Goetzner's Hall, Ewen street.

CONCORDIA QUARTETTE CLUB-Twenty-sixth Ward. Fritz Brink, Pres.; Chas. Mildner, Sec.; Chas. Wonneberger, Director.

CONCORDIA QUARTET was founded in 1881, and consists of fifty members, of whom thirty are active. President, Charles Stucker; Vice-President, William Dassau; Secretary, Theodore Bock; Financial Secretary. A. Fehmel; Corresponding Secretary, H. Lindeman; Librarians, H. Lutz and P Barth.

CONCORDIA SINGING SOCIETY meets on Friday nights at Schiellein's Assembly Rooms in the Twenty-sixth Ward. It has a membership of 190. The President is John Miller; Secretary, E. Lederer.

DEUTSCHER LIEDERKRANZ-This singing society was organized in September, 1866. There are about 200 members, of whom eighty are singers. They meet at Union Saengerbund Hall, cor. Meserole street and Ewen. President, William Geibel.

HARMONIA. -The singing society of this name meets on Glenmore av., near Warwick st. There is a membership of 110, with William Busch as President, and Paul Fiebig, Secretary.

HAYDN MAENNERCHOR-This male voice society is about eighteen years old and numbers eighty singing members.

HESSISCHER SAENGERBUND.-This organization was formed on the 12th of July, 1876, and has a membership of 85. Its meeting place is 241 Floyd st. Officers: Ditmas Lange, Pres.; William Dechert, Vice-Pres.; Librarian, Henry Burgie; Conductor, Henry Berehl.

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BROOKLYN was organized in October, 1857, by persons who attended concerts given by Mr. Carl Prox the previous year. The first directors elected were Luther B. Wyman, President; Judge John Greenwood and Mr. Whitehouse, Vice-Presidents; Professor Robert R. Raymond, Secretary; Dr. A. Cook Hull, Treasurer. The first concerts were given in the Atheneum, at Atlantic avenue and Clinton street, the Academy of Music, on Montague street, not being opened in 1862. Between 1872 and 1882 the society had 1,200 members, and its receipts were about $30,000 yearly. Since then there has been a gradual falling off in the membership of the society coincident with the introduction of the German opera and other attractions. The subscription list now numbers between 600 and 700. The first conductor in 1857 was Mr. Carl Eisfeld, who held the position until 1862, and was succeeded by Mr. Carl Bergmann. Mr. Theodore Thomas succeeded Mr. Bergmann for a short time, and was in turn re-succeeded by Mr. Bergmann. About 1872 Mr. Thomas was again elected conductor, and has ever since retained the position. Under him the society has seen its

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