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Monpay, June 14tTu, 1852. 
THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D.D., Presipent, 
; in the Chair. 
Lunpy E. Foot, Esq., was elected a Member of the Aca- 
demy. 
On the recommendation of the Council, it was Resolved :— 
That the sum of £50 be placed at the disposal of the Com- 
mittee of Antiquities for the purchase of articles for the Mu- 
seum. 
The Secretary exhibited a pass, dated 29th August, 1687, 
granted by King James II. to “The Betty of Dublin,” Wil- 
liam Patrick, master, to allow the said ship to make one voyage 
from Dublin to Lisbon. Attached to this document were the 
signatures of the King and Pepys. 
Sir William Betham presented a drawing of an ancient 
canoe found in the river Brosna, under the temporary bridge 
at Firbane; on the 2nd of May, 1851; also, an impression of 
a wooden seal found at Wigan, and bearing the inscription, 
+ SIG: OSWALDI DE BOLTVNE. 
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Dr. Apjohn made some remarks upon the chemical com- 
position and optical characters ofa rare mineral called Pennine, 
presented to the Museum of Trinity College by Professor Jel- 
lett, and brought by him from the Valley of St. Nicholas, in 
Switzerland. 
This mineral, having been for some time considered as a 
new one, was submitted to analysis in the Laboratory of Tri- 
nity College, and with the following results :— 
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