The Gazette 1921-25

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Vol. XVII., No. 6]

December, 1923.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONGST MEMBERS

HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held in the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on Monday 26th November, 1923, Mr. Joseph Edward MacDermott (President) in the chair. The following members of the Society were also present :— A. W. Stirling (Vice-President), Peter Scales (Vice-President), W. G. Bradley, P. J. Brady, J. W. Dyas, E. N. Edwards, Frank Fottrell, W. H. Fry, C. G. Gamble, W. S. Hayes, M. L. Hearn, William Henry, R. N. Keller, James Moore, A. H. S. Orpen, A. D. Orr, T. G. Ouirke, Patrick Rooney, W. V. Seddall, W. T. Sheridan, J. H. Walsh, R. G- Warren, Sir George Roche, James Henry, C. H. Chaytor, J. J. Gaynor, T. D. McLoughlin, O. P. Beater, E. R. M'C. Dix, James Brady, E. R. Bate, R. A. O'Brien, F. C. E. Bland, E. Condell,.F. S. D. Colquhoun T. R. Craig, F. E. Birmingham, F. S. de V. White, B. R. W. Doran, Edward S. Lowe, W. T. Mackay, H. D. Draper, A. Tuthill, C. St. G. Orpen, E. J. Mallins, Samuel Kerr, H. R. Whelan, P. J. Collins, J. Fagan, V. F. Kirwan, D. C. Maher, Q. W. Kennedy, R. W. MacNeice, J. McDermott, P.Glynn, D. Dunne, S. M. Bell, T. A. Ireland J. Moran. The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, also the minutes of the Half- yearly Meeting, held on 16th May last, which latter were signed by the President, who also signed the audited accounts for the year ending 30th April, 1923.

The Secretary read the scrutineers of the ballot for Council for the year, which stated that the following had been returned as provincial delegates:-— W. H. Halpin (Ulster), James S. Gaffney (Munster), Michael Buggy (Leinster), and Henry J. Concannon (Connaught) ; and the following having obtained the number of votes placed after their names, have been elected as the thirty-one ordinary members of the Council:—P. J. Brady, 195 ; J. E. MacDermott, 192; T. G. Ouirke, 192- W. S. Hayes, 179; E. H. Bufne, 173; P. Scales, 171 ; A. H. S. Orpen, 168; J. W. Richards, 162 ; W. G. Bradley, 160 ; W. V. Seddall, 158; R. G. Warren, 156; B. Thompson, 156; C. G. Gamble 152; F. Fottrell, 148; A. D. Orr, 145 ; E. N. Edwards, 143; J. Moore, 143; W. T. Sheridan, 142 ; C. P. Wilson, 141 ; Sir J. R. O'Connell,'139; W. H. Fry, 139; R. B. White, 136 ; J. H. Walsh, 133 ; M. L. Hearn, 133 ; A. W. Stirling, 132 ; P. Rooney, 127 ; R. N. Keller, 125; W. Henry, 120 ; J. W. Dyas, 115; James O'Connor, 111; R. N. Matheson, 111 ; and the following for a supplemental list to fill vacancies :—R. D. English, 79, and H. G. Morris, 76. THE PRESIDENT in moving the adop tion of the annual report of the Council, said :—Before I submit to you formally a resolution for the adoption of our Report permit me to make a few comments. I venture to do so, not that I hope to impart to you any item of novelty or wisdom, but the report of