During the year, Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet of this city has voluntarily subscribed $100 toward the publication fund, and four New York gentlemen—Mr. Myles Tierney, Mr. Stephen J. Geoghegan, Mr. James McGovern and Mr. John J. Lenehan—have each forwarded a check for $50 in payment of life membership fee. Mr. William Gorman of Philadelphia, Pa., has also become a life member. In April next, the historic town of Lexington, Mass., is to have a great celebration of the anniversary of the battle of April 19, 1775, and our Society has been invited to be represented on that occasion. Some months ago, a Franco-American Historical Society was organized at Boston, at which an official of our Society was present and made an address of congratulation. The new organization will devote itself to the French chapter in American history. In conclusion, I desire to say that the correspondence of the Society has already become of considerable volume. Inquiries from all sections of the country are being constantly received. The writers seek information or data of an historical nature relative to the Irish and their descendants in the United States. These inquiries are promptly answered, and, in return, we receive much valuable material. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General_. The foregoing report was accepted and adopted. REPORT OF THE TREASURER-GENERAL. The treasurer-general of the Society, Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord, N. H., then presented his annual report. It showed the total income for the year 1899 to have been $2,228.50. Cash balance on hand Jan. 1, 1899, $518.60, thus making the total financial resources of the Society for the year $2,747.10. The expenditures for 1899, as set forth in detail in the report, were $2,008.86, leaving a balance on hand of $738.24. Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., for the auditing committee, reported having examined the books and vouchers of the treasurer-general and found the same correct. The treasurer-general’s report was thereupon accepted and adopted. A communication to the society was announced from Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York, in which he invited the members to be his guests at the executive mansion in Albany. The invitation was appreciatively received and acknowledged, and the president-general was authorized to appoint a delegation to represent the society by a visit to the governor. The president-general announced that he would do so, and state the make-up of the delegation later. Hon. T. A. E. Weadock of Detroit, Mich., an ex-member of Congress, presented the names of several applicants for membership in the Society, and the said applicants were unanimously admitted. Various other gentlemen also presented many applications for membership, and the same were all favorably acted upon.