The Society held its annual meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 18, at Sherry’s, Forty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, New York city. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan of Boston, the president-general, occupied the chair, and Thomas Hamilton Murray of Woonsocket, R. I., the secretary-general, attended to the duties of the latter office. The following is a copy of the notice for the meeting: THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET. DEAR SIR: You are hereby notified that the annual meeting and banquet of the American-Irish Historical Society will be held at Sherry’s, Forty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, New York city, on Thursday evening, Jan. 18, 1900. The annual meeting will be called to order at 6:30 o’clock. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year, the annual reports presented, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the meeting. The official headquarters during the day will be at the Murray Hill Hotel, where a meeting of the executive council of the Society will be held at 4 p. m. The banquet at Sherry’s will take place at 8 p. m., following the annual meeting. Tickets for the same will be three dollars each. They are now ready, and may be obtained of the secretary-general, whose address is given below. Hon. Thomas H. Carter, United States senator from Montana, has announced that he will be present. Addresses are also expected from Hon. Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of New York; Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city: Hon. William McAdoo, recently assistant secretary of the navy; Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Boston, Mass.; Hon. John C. Linehan, state insurance commissioner of New Hampshire; Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York city; Hon. Franklin M. Danaher, Albany, N. Y.; Mr. Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.; Mr. James Jeffrey Roche, editor of the _Boston Pilot_; Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., LL. D., New York city; Rev. James H. O’Donnell, Watertown, Conn.; and Judge Wauhope Lynn, New York city. There will be present as guests, a delegation from the New York Knickerbocker Transvaal Committee. The event will likewise be characterized by other features of more than usual interest. A large attendance is desired, each member being at liberty to bring with him as many personal guests as he wishes. If you intend to be present, kindly notify the secretary-general at the earliest possible moment, so that proper arrangements can be made. Fraternally, THOMAS J. GARGAN, _President-General_. THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General_ (77 Main St., Woonsocket, R. I.). Dec. 31, 1899. The business session was well attended, several states being represented. Thomas Hamilton Murray, secretary-general of the Society, presented the following annual report: