PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



November 8th, 1847. 

 REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D. D., President, 



ERRATA. 



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ing iL-'That it be recommended to the Board of Ordnance : 

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•• we, the President and Members of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, humbly beg your Excellency's permission to oiFer 

 you our respectful congratulations on your arrival in this 

 country, in the high character of Representative of our most 

 gracious Sovereign. 



" The Royal Irish Academy was incorporated at the close 

 of the last century, for the Promotion of the study of Science, 

 Polite Literature, and Antiquities, in Ireland. 



" By the Charter of our Royal Founder, King George the 

 Third, the office of Visitor of the Academy belongs to your 

 Excellency, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 



" It becomes our duty, therefore, to solicit your Excel- 



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