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stand at £6000, independent of supplementary votes 

 for building purposes, which would have left a sum of 

 about ^1500 for exhibitions, &c. 



The Society remonstrated against the proposal to 

 deprive it of the superintendence of the educational 

 staff, the apparent object of which was to support the 

 museum of Irish industry out of public funds, at the 

 expense and to the injury of the Royal Dublin Society. 

 It was thought that the appointment by the Board of 

 Trade of professors with divided duties, would render 

 neutral the benefits experienced from professors attached 

 to the Society. A deputation went to London, which 

 learned that the Government would not, on two points, 

 recede from the position which it had taken up — viz. 

 1, the maintenance of the museum of Irish industry 

 as a separate Government institution ; 2, the determi- 

 nation not to support a double staff of teachers. 

 Eventually the Society agreed to accept the proposals, 

 as they were explained in a report of the department, 

 and in a letter of Mr. G. A. Hamilton. The greater 

 number of their functions was not to be disturbed, 

 namely such as concerned: — 1, Accounts; 2, Manu- 

 factures; 3, Agriculture; 4, Fine Arts; 5, Botanic 

 Garden ; 6, Library ; 7, Agricultural Chemistry ; 8, 

 Natural History. The museum was to be largely 

 increased, and the educational staff, though under the 

 Board of Trade, was still to pertain to the Society. 

 About £1000 a year additional was to be available, 

 and the Zoological Garden was to be brought into 

 connection with it, while the School of Art would be 

 entirely under its control. 



In August 1854, the Government nominated the 

 Chief Secretary for Ireland (or in his absence the 

 Under Secretary), the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, 

 lord chancellor, Mr. Richard Griffith, and Sir Robert 



