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"It is with deep sorrow that I report the death of several esteemed members during the year.  Their respective families have received our official expressions of sincere condolence, but we shall mourn our friends and honor their memories for many long years:-

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FELIX WILDENSTEIN
JOHN GINSBURG
PHILIP ROSENBACH
CHARLES MESSER STOW (Honorary Member)
JAC FRIENENBERG (Honorary Member)
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"I close with the sincere thanks of the Executive Committee to the various members who have served as examiners in the certification of antiques for duty free entry into the Dominion of Canada, and we are very appreciative of the fine services they have rendered the organization in the performance of this important work.  And I wish to add my personal thanks to my fellow officers, and particularly to the Chairman of the Executive Committee, with whom it has been my great pleasure to consult on all important issues involving the Association."

The President's report was received with much applause, followed by several congratulatory comments and expressions of confidence in his leadership.

[[underline]]SECRETARY'S REPORT 1952[[/underline]]

"I am happy to be able to report that the work attached to the functions of my office has been made somewhat easier by the constant support and cooperation given me and the Executive Secretary by each and every officer and each and every member of the Executive Committee."

"As I had occasion to report last year, the League has become more and more a trade association, recently recognized by every agency and department of the Government; and the work which this recognition entails has increased steadily the physical demands on the Secretary's time."

"One of the many functions of the office is that of seeing to it that the goods tendered to the League for official examination and certification for duty free entry into Canada be properly and quickly taken care of, and that, I am very pleased to say, has been satisfactorily accomplished with the excellent assistance of the examiners appointed by the Executive Committee, all of whom have given of their time and talents without the slightest restraint.  To them the organization is indeed grateful for their valuable services during the year."

"It may be of interest to note that the volume of duties performed at the office during 1951 changed quite materially during 1952.  For example, for 1951 I reported that the number of inquiries from museums, or referred to us by museums, approximated between 400 and 500 -, and for 1952 I somehow judge that the volume decreased possibly as much as 50%."

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