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the Duchess, were elected honorary members, and his 

 Grace was asked to sit for his bust in London, to an 

 Irish artist, who had been educated in the schools. A 

 farewell address was presented to them, on the termina- 

 tion of the Duke's term of office, for their patronage 

 and attention in sometimes visiting the establishment. 



The death of Dr. John Beatty, one of the secre- 

 taries, was announced on the 30th of June 1 83 1 . 



At the end of the year a special committee reported 

 that under existing circumstances some modification of 

 the mode of admission of members had become neces- 

 sary, and early in 1832 Mr. Isaac Weld, secretary, was 

 entrusted with a special mission to the Treasury, as 

 to the general affairs and financial condition of the 

 Society, when he was asked to take with him a copy 

 of his Observations on the Royal Dublin Society, and 

 its existing Institutions (1831); of which 500 copies 

 had been printed. 1 



In 1836 a letter was received, asking the Society 

 to appoint a deputation to confer with the Chief 

 Secretary, Lord Morpeth, as to certain modifications in 

 its constitution, in the transaction of its business, and 

 in the apportionment of its income. By order of the 

 Lord Lieutenant, propositions were laid before the 

 Society, which will be found at large in Proceedings, 

 vol. xxii. p. 108. Shortly, the chief points were as 

 follows: — 1, Admission to the Society to be by a 

 majority of the members, the mode of voting to be 

 left to that body. 2, A composition sum of £20 to 

 be paid on entrance, and £2 annual subscription. 

 3, Annual subscribers to be admitted as then, under 

 by-law No. 12, with an annual payment of £2, 

 instead of three guineas. 4, The governing body to 

 be a Council of twenty-three, chosen yearly from among 

 1 Haliday Collection, 1831, mdxi. 13. 



