Communications were then read by the Secretary-General from Ex-President-General Edward A. Moseley, Hon. William A. Prendergast, Rev. Dr. John J. McCoy, John F. Harty, Esq., Hon. Martin J. Wade, Dr. J. Lawton Hiers, Hon. M. F. Kennedy, John Wood, Esq., James H. Devlin, Esq., Thomas F. Kailkenny, Esq., John H. Maloney, Esq., Daniel Hanrahan, Esq., Rev. Edmond Heelan, Anthony McOwen, Esq., Vice-President James Thompson, Vice-President Thomas J. Lynch, Hon. Patrick T. Barry, Rt. Rev. Phillip G. Garrigan, D. D., Hon. Patrick E. C. Lally, M. P. Tully, Esq., Dr. George McAleer, Hon. T. P. Linehan and others. DR. QUINLAN: The next in order, gentlemen, is the unfinished business. JUDGE LEE: There is none. DR. QUINLAN: Any new business? JUDGE LEE: None. DR. QUINLAN: There is a communication here that I would like you to take home for consideration: “Members and guests will assemble in this room, which will be rearranged for a reception room, at 6.30 p. m. A ladies’ room across the hall has been prepared, and a gentlemen’s room a few doors down. Attendants of the hotel under the direction of the Reception Committee will wait upon the members and guests, and until seven a reception by the officers to members and guests will be held under the direction of the Reception Committee. “Dinner will be served at seven promptly in the Grand Banquet Hall. Seating lists have been provided and will be distributed at the reception, so that each member and guest may know where he is to sit. Applicants for tickets received today will be seated by the Reception Committee to the best of its ability. Dinner tickets of members and guests will be taken up by the hotel attendants at the entrance to the Grand Banquet Hall.” Before we adjourn, I want to ask Mr. Michael J. Corbett, one of our members, to say a word. MR. CORBETT: Gentlemen, I am glad to have been here today. I have enjoyed all the papers that have been read, and have no doubt I shall enjoy the banquet later in the evening. Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. DR. QUINLAN: This closes the scientific meeting of the American-Irish Historical Society, and I declare it adjourned. ANNUAL BANQUET. PRESIDENT-GENERAL QUINLAN: Ladies and Gentlemen and Honored Guests, in the name of the American-Irish Historical Society, I bid you welcome to our city and to the Twelfth Annual Banquet of our Society.