PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



1839. No. 16. 



March 16. (Stated Meeting.) 

 SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, A. M., President, in the Chair. 



This being the day appointed by Charter for the annual 

 election, the following Officers and Members of Council were 

 chosen for the ensuing year : 



President — Professor Sir Wm. Rowan Hamilton, A. M. 



Treasurer — Thomas Herbert Orpen, M. D. 



Secretary — Joseph Henderson Singer, D. D. 



Secretary to Council — Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, A.M. 



Secretary of Foreign Correspondence — Sir Wm. Betham. 



Librarian — Rev. WiUiam Hamilton Drummond, D. D. 



Committee of Science. 



Rev. Franc Sadleir, D. D. Provost of Trinity College ; 

 Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, A.M.; James Apjohn, M.D. ; James 

 Mac Cullagh, LL.D. ; William Stokes, M. D. ; Rev. William 

 Digby Sadleir, A. M. ; Robert Ball, Esq. 



Committee of Polite Literature. 



His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin ; Rev. Joseph H. 

 Singer, D. D. ; Samuel Litton, M. D. ; Rev. WilUam H. 

 Drummond, D. D.; Rev. Charles Richard Elrington, D. D. ; 

 Rev. Charles William Wall, D. D.; Rev. Thomas H. 

 Porter, D.D. 



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