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Ordnance Survey of the County of Mayo, in 125 sheets. 
Presented by His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. 
Barlow's Tables of Squares, §c. published under the 
Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful 
Knowledge. Presented by the Society. 
Supplement to the Introduction to the Atomie Theory. 
By Charles Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S. Presented by the 
Author. 
March 16. (Stated Meeting.) 
SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 
A letter from the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment was communicated by his Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant, informing his Excellency, that the Address of 
the President, Council, and Members of the Royal Irish 
Academy, had been laid before the Queen, and that Her 
Majesty had received the same very graciously. 
The Secretary of Council read the following Report, 
which was ordered to be entered on the Minutes: 
“In resigning their office into the hands of the Academy, the 
Council have felt it to be their duty, in conformity with the prac- 
tice of other kindred societies, to present a brief Report of their 
Proceedings, and of the general history of the Academy during the 
past year. 
“ The Council regret to state that the financial condition of the 
Academy has not been an improving one. They believe, however, 
that this circumstance (though it must create the necessity for 
circumspection) will not be regarded as discouraging, when it is 
known to have arisen from a cause essentially connected with the 
welfare and vitality of the Society. The character of an association 
formed for the advancement of any branch of learning, must be 
