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tions of metals being in any given place, the lines of direction, extent, nd 

 dipping of the veins, deduced from the appearance of the surface, and 

 the occurrence of different metallic substances found combined or as- 

 sociated in veins or beds ? What is the medium per centage of the value 

 of the ores hitherto found in Ireland, and the average cost per ton of work- 

 ing and smelting them, with the expence of land and water carriage? It 

 will be necessary that any particular terminology used by miners be add- 

 ed and explained, and that a section of a regularly -worked mine be sub- 

 joined." 



2. A premium not exceeding Thirty Guineas to the author of the best 

 essay " On the state of Architecture in Ireland previously to the reign of 

 Henry the Second." 



3. A premium of Eighty Pounds and the Cunningham Medal to the 

 author of the best essay on the following subject : — *^ The Social and 

 Political State of the People of Ireland from the commencement of the 

 Christian era to the 12th century ; their advancement or retrogression in 

 Science, Literature, and the Arts ; and the character of their Moral and 

 Religious Opinions, as connected with their Civil and Ecclesiastical Insti- 

 tutions, so far as they can be gleaned from any original writings prior to 

 the commencement of the 16th century, exclusive of those in the Irish and 

 other Celtic languages, as such documents may, on a future occasion, be 

 proposed by the academy as a subject of examination ; every statement to 

 be supported, not by references only, but by extracts in the form of notes 

 or an appendix ; and it is expected, that every accessible source of infor- 

 mation shall be examined, under the above limitation. Besides the above- 

 mentioned prize to the best essay, the academy will give additional pre- 

 miums to essays on this subject, provided they possess positive merit." 



Essays on the first and second subjects will be received, if sent post free 

 to the Rev. J. H. Singer, D. D. Secretary, at any time previous to the 

 1st of May 1827 ; and on the third till the 1st of May 1828 ; each essay 

 to be inscribed with some motto, and accompanied with a sealed billet, 

 superscribed with the same motto, in which shall be written the author's 

 name and address. 



June 26. — Read a letter, communicated by the President, from Dr 

 Brewster, expressing the desire of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to 

 possess a set of simultaneous meteorological observations, during a series 

 of years, on the 17th of July and the 15th of January, and accompanied 

 with a schedule for their insertion ; after which 100 copies of said letter 

 and schedule were ordered to be printed for distribution among the mem- 

 bers. 



Oct. 30. — An address was presented to the President, and his answer 

 received as follows : — 



My Lord. — In congratulating youv Lordship on your recent elevation, 

 the members of the Royal Irish Academy do not merely perform it as a 

 part o^ public duty, but obey the suggestions of private respect and friend- 

 ship. In the connection which they have had with you as their President 

 they have become too well acquainted with your worth not to rejoice tc see 



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