[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mer bondholders became stockholders to an equal amount. The amount of stock issued was twenty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. The officers elected at the time of reorganization still hold. They are Edward Weston, president; Frederic Shon-nard, vice-president; J. Christy Bell, Jr., secretary; J. Harvey Bell, treasurer. The other trustees are Henry Bowers, Cyrus Cleveland, William L. Ileer-mann, James Stewart, John W. Alexander, John Eylers, Robert P. Getty and William F. Cochran. It is peculiarly appropriate that this land, once set apart by Lord Philipse for church purposes, should thus carry out the pious intentions of its donor, though in a way he never could have foreseen. From the valley of the Nepperhan the land rises gradually to the east, culminating in a considerably extensive plateau, covered with groves, containing some of the finest old forest-trees growing in this part of the State. The level ground is admirably adapted for burial-plots, while the hillside affords ready facilities for the construction of vaults and tombs. Abundant springs of water gush forth at several points among the rocks, which add much to the life of the ground. By action of the board of supervisors the tract is exempted for-