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NovemBer 30th, 1853. (Stated Meeting.) 
THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D. D., PresipEnt, 
in the Chair. 
REsOLVED, on the recommendation of the Council :— 
1. That the election of Honorary Members shall take 
place only at the Stated Meeting in March, instead of in No- 
vember, as determined by the Academy in the regulations for 
the election of Honorary Members adopted on the 11th of Ja- 
nuary, 1847. 
2. That the Academy do authorize the expenditure of a 
sum not exceeding £50 for the purchase of photographic ap- 
paratus for the use of the Academy. 
The Secretary read a letter from Lord Talbot de Mala- 
hide, presenting the following articles, which were lately ex- 
hibited in the Archeological Court of the Great Industrial 
Exhibition :— 
From Dr. Daniel Wilson, late Secretary to the Society 
of Antiquaries of Scotland, Plaster Casts of— 
1. Bronze circular shield, decorated with a classic group 
in low relief. 
2. ‘*Horn of tenure,” richly carved inivory. It formerly 
belonged to Dr. Samuel Hibbert Ware. 
3. Chessman, carved out of walrus tooth, found in the 
Isle of Skye. 
4. Bronze armilla, snake pattern, found at Pitalpin, near 
Dundee, in 1732. 
5. Bronze armlet, dug up in Argyleshire. 
6. Bronze armlet, found in a cairn in Aberdeenshire. | 
7. Fragment ofa pastoral staff made of oak, found in the 
tomb of Bishop Tullock, Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney. 
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