On my return to New York for the spring opera season I produced _Dinorah_, in which Mdme. Gerster again achieved a triumph. The business went on increasing. About this time a meeting of the stockholders of the Academy of Music was convened, and I ultimately signed a new lease for three more years, commencing October 20th following. During my first sojourn in America I gave 164 performances of opera, likewise 47 concerts. Concurrently with this I gave 135 operatic performances and 48 concerts in England. The season in New York extended from October 16th to December 28th, 1878, also from February 29th to April 5th, 1879. At Boston the season lasted from December 30th, 1878, to January 11th, 1879; at Chicago from January 13th to 25th; at St. Louis from January 27th to February 1st; at Cincinnati from February 3rd to 8th; at Philadelphia 10th to 18th, at Baltimore and Washington 19th to 25th. During this period _Lucia_ was performed twenty times, _Sonnambula_ nineteen times, _Carmen_ twenty-six times, _Faust_ sixteen times, _Trovatore_ nine times, _Flauto Magico_ eight times, _Puritani_ eight times, _Nozze di Figaro_ seven times, _Rigoletto_ five times, _Don Giovanni_ five times, _Traviata_ four times, _Lohengrin_ ten times, _Barbiere_ twice, _Ruy Blas_ twice, _Dinorah_ twice, _Talismano_ ten times, _Robert le Diable_ twice, _Huguenots_ six times, _Freischutz_ three times; making altogether twenty-four morning performances and one hundred and forty evening performances. About this time the disastrous floods took place at Szegedin, in Hungary. This being Mdme. Gerster's birth-place I proposed a grand benefit concert for the sufferers, in which my prima donna at once joined. By our united efforts we raised about £800, which was remitted by cable to the place of disaster within five days of its occurrence, much (I need scarcely add) to the relief of many of the sufferers.