July 1^st. Brought the Nuns ashore and placed them in the Presbytery, taking up my own quarters in one of the school rooms and sending the priests to lodge elsewhere.

A good number of people assembled in church to receive the Nuns, who appeared in their Habits, which they put on in the Presbytery.

2. Notified my arrival to the Governor.

3. Gov^t. notice of my arrival etc. in Gazette.

4. Introduced several parties to the Nuns.

Arrival of the three young men from Lisbon - Messrs. Fitzgerald, MacNamara and O'Connor.

8. An Office and High Mass for the repose of the soul of D. O'Connell - present Rev^d Messrs. Lordan, Knaresboro', Cullen, MacNamara, O'Connor and Fitzgerald.

Wrote to Governor notifying appointment of Messrs. Lordan and MacNamara to Berbice.

1847. Georgetown. July 8^th. Wrote to Mr. Kelly, Berbice, informing him that his faculties cease.

10. Messrs. Lordan and MacNamara gazetted.

11. Ordained Br. Joseph Fitzgerald priest.

12. Wrote to Governor notifying appointment of J. Fitzgerald to be second R. C. priest of Georgetown.

13. J. Fitzgerald gazetted.

15. Wrote to Governor enclosing Rev^d Knaresboro's acc^t.

17. Received the annual grant for repairing the churches of the Resurrection and the Ascension, $660 each - paid same time Morrison & Knox the balance of their acc^t. for painting, to wit $550.

18. Heard of the death of Mary Barry, which took place in London on the 10^th ult^o._.

Mr. O'Connor preached his first Sermon.

We are still without possession of S. Joseph's, owing to the very foolish and improper bargain made by J. Reed with Mr. Wolseley.

Wrote to Mr. Troy enclosing sketch of church by Mother Ass^t.^. Molony - forwarded a package of letters from Mrs. O'Brien to Mrs. Comerford, and a letter from Mary Garan.

1847. Georgetown. July 24^th. Received from J. Reed as Executor of Mrs. Fraskini $400 for Masses to be said on the anniversaries of Mrs. F. and her husband for 10 years - Mrs. F. died on the 30^th. December 1846 - Mr. F. died on 11^th. Sept. 1845.

Received also a legacy of $100 for the Rosary Society.

28. The Packet came in last evening and brought me an account of unfortunate D^r Clancy's death.

Letters from J. Ryan, Propaganda, Propagation of the Faith, Mr. O'Sullivan of Kinsale, J. Savage and M. Kelly - letters also for Mother Regis and Mother Zelatrix.

29. Wrote by Cap^t. Daly to S. Henry enclosing two Journals (Mrs. O'Brien's and Mrs. Molony's) - a package to Mrs. Comerford (Athlone) and one to Mrs. Lynch, Blackrock. Wrote to Mr. Lordan, Berbice, and to Fr. Corrêa, Essequibo.