LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS 



City of New York, 

 Office of the Mayor. 



October 22d, igo6. 

 Mr. Howard R. Bayne, 



67 Wall Street, City. 

 Dear Sir: — The Mayor directs me to acknowledge your letter of 

 October 17, inviting- him to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary dinner 

 of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, at the Hotel 

 Castleton, on the evening of Monday, No\'ember 12, and to express his 

 regret that owing to the demands on his time, it will be impossible to 

 accept. 



His Honor further instructs me to thank you for your thoughtfulness. 

 Respectfully, 



William A. Willis, Executive Secretary. 



Department of Finance, 



City of New York. 



Herman A. Metz, Comptroller. 



October 18, 1906. 

 Mr. Howard R. Bayne, 



President, Staten Island Association 

 of Arts and Sciences. 

 Dear Sir: — I beg to acknowledge receipt of your invitation on behalf 

 of the Staten Island Association of x^rts and Sciences, to attend its 25th 

 anniversary dinner on the evening of November 12th, and to say that 

 if it be possible for me to do so I shall be very glad to be present. 

 Thanking you for this courtesy, I am, 



Yours very truly, 



H. A. Metz. 



The City of New York 



Office of the 



President of the Board of Aldermen 



City Hall 



October 29, 1906. 

 Dr; Arthur Hollick, 



Chairman Committee of Arrangements, 

 New Brighton, New York. 

 Dear Sir:^Please accept my thanks for your courteous invitation to 

 attend the dinner of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



