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It was further resolved, on the recommendation of 
Council, that the ‘“‘ Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy,” 
be printed every month during its sittings, for the use of its 
members. 
“The Proceedings” to be under the migpegement of the 
Council, and to contain— i 
1. Abstracts of the larger papers read to the Academy. 
2. Minor communications, not intended for the Trans- 
actions, printed more at length. 
3. Notices of the election of Members, of presents re- 
ceived, and of all other matters of general interest transacted 
at the Meetings of the Academy. 
DONATIONS. 
A copy of the Ordnance Survey of the County of Done- 
gal, in 112 sheets. Presented by Lieut. Colonel Colby. 
Flora Batava, No. 107. By H.C. Van Hall. - Pre- 
sented by the Author. 
Estatutos da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. 
Presented by the Society. 
Der erste Unterricht des Taubstummen. Von M. C. G. 
Reich. Presented by Henry Holmes Joy, Esq. 
Bliche auf die Taubstummenbildung. Von M. C. G. 
Reich. Presented by the same. 
Astronomical Observations made at the Observatory of 
Cambridge, for the year 1835. By George Biddell Airy, 
Esq., Astronomer Royal, Presented by the Author. 
Stix lectures on the Wave-theory of Light. By the Rev. 
H. Lloyd, F.R.S.,&c. Presented by the Author. 
Reports of the Committee of the Franklin Institute on the 
Explosions of Steam Boilers: in two parts. Presented by 
the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania. 
Report of the Managers of the Franklin Institute, in re- 
lation to Weights and Measures. Presented by the same. 
