PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 
1839. No. 16, 
March 16. (Stated Meeting.) 
SIR Wn. R. HAMILTON, A. M., President, in the Chair. 
This being the day appointed by Charter for the annual 
election, the following Officers and Members of Council were 
chosen for the ensuing year : 
President—Professor Sir Wm. Rowan Hamilton, A. M. 
Treasurer—Thomas Herbert Orpen, M. D. 
Secretary—Joseph Henderson Singer, D. D. 
Secretary to Council—Rey. Humphrey Lloyd, A.M. 
Secretary of Foreign Correspondence—Sir Wm. Betham. 
Librarian—Rey. William Hamilton Drummond, D. D. 
Committee of Science. 
Rev. Franc Sadleir, D.D. Provost of Trinity College ; 
_ Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, A.M.; James Apjohn, M.D.; James 
Mac Cullagh, LL.D.; William Stokes, M. D. ; Rev. William 
Digby Sadleir, A. M.; Robert Ball, Esq. 
Committee of Polite Literature. 
His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin; Rey. Joseph H. 
Singer, D. D.; Samuel Litton, M. D.; Rev. William H. 
Drummond, D. D.; Rev. Charles Richard Elrington, D. D. ; 
Rey. Charles William Wall, D. D.; Rev. Thomas H. 
Porter, D.D. 
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