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A HISTORY OF 



" Memorandum of Provisions," 292- 

 303 passim 



Leland, Dr. Thomas, 142 



Le Neve, cited, 272 



Lennox, Lady Emily, 99 



Lepidosiren annectens, habits, &c. of, 

 paper on, 366 



Leske, Nathaniel Gottfried, arranged 

 the cabinet called Leskean, 156 



Leskean cabinet of mineralogy, the, 

 97, 156, 157, 355 ; restoration of, 

 157. 165 



Leupold, Jacob, Laws of Mechanics, 31 



Levinge, Richard, 82 



Levinge, Sir Richard, 2nd Bart., 

 bequest to D. S. and Chancery pro- 

 ceedings thereon (1735-6), 82 



Library, the, 170 et seq. ; the earliest 

 volumes acquired by, 13 ; rule govern- 

 ing the purchase of books, 170 ; the 

 catalogues of, 170-2, 175, 176, 178 ; 

 presentation of books by Dr. Tenni- 

 son, 172; purchase of the Harris 

 collection of manuscripts, 172-3 ; 

 purchases of books, 173-4, 178, 246 ; 

 translations from Dutch and German 

 works, 174-5 ; appointment of Dr. 

 Lanigan as librarian, 175; appoint- 

 ment of Dr. Samuel Litton, 176, 

 178 ; regulations, 176, 263 ; librarian's 

 salary and duties, 176; assistant 

 librarian appointed, 176 ; standing 

 committee of, 177; presentation to, 

 by Mr. Thomas Pleasants, 177-8 ; 

 in 1826, 178 ; the Joly collection, 

 179-80 ; Thorpe collection of Irish 

 Historical Tracts, 180-1 ; pamphlets 

 in, 181 ; bequest by the Rev. William 

 Tew, 181 ; statistics as to usefulness 

 of, 181 ; transferred to the National 

 Library of Ireland, 173, 181, 182, 

 293, 353 ; the Society's share in the 

 management of the National Library, 

 353-4 ; part of, reserved to the Dublin 

 Society, 182, 354 ; various bequests 

 of books to the new library, 181, 

 182 ; the " Tighe bequest," 182 ; the 

 new library building, 303 ; amount 

 spent in purchase of books for the 

 new library, 354 ; catalogue of, 



354 

 Liebig, cited, 359 

 Lighthouse illumination, gas applied 



to, paper by J. R. Wigham, 368 

 Limax maximus, paper on, 367 

 Linen Board, the, 72, 75 

 Linen, damask, premiums for, 57, 64 

 Linen manufacture, promotion of, 28, 



37. 59 



Linen Manufacture : Trustees, 91 



Linen rags, premiums for collection of, 

 64, 67 



Linnaeus, cited, 355 



Liquorice, premiums for, 390, 407 



Literary work, premiums for, 66-7 



Litton, John, law agent, 239 



Litton, Dr. Samuel, Society's librarian, 

 176, 194, 245, 259, 260, 278 ; profes- 

 sor of botany, 178, 194 



Live stock show, 248 



Livingstone, Dr., attends British Asso- 

 ciation meeting in Dublin (1857), 287 



Lloyd, Dr. Bartholomew, 254 



Lloyd, Rev. Humphrey, 286, 382 



Loan and bounties system, 32, 84, 113, 

 141, 204; first instance of, 32 



Locker, John, silversmith, 145 



London Institution for Diffusing Know- 

 ledge : its plans to be adopted by 

 the Society, 160 



London Veterinary College. See Royal 

 Veterinary College of London 



Longfield, John, silver medal for plant- 

 ing, 145 



Longfield, Thomas H., 167 



Longford county. See Quarries 



Lough Neagh, silicified woods of: 

 Scouler on, 361 



Louth Farming Society, 222 



Lovel, J. C, donation in aid of the 

 dairy industries, 332 



Lucas, Charles, 79 



Lucern, premiums for cultivation of, 

 388, 401 



Luttrell, Simon, Lord Carhampton, 

 85,86 



Lynch, James, lecturer in hydraulics, 

 mechanics, &c. , 160 



Lyne, John, premium for catching 

 fish, 66 



Lyon, Dr. John, 46 and tiA 



Lysaght, Thomas, collector and soli- 

 citor to the Society, 225, 228, 384 



Lyster, Rev. Dr., assistant secretary, 

 227, 384 



Lyster, Thomas W. , librarian, National 

 Library, 179 



Macbride, David ,72, x/s^andn. , 173 ; 

 New Method of Tanning, 144 



McCalla, Mr., paper on Irish algae, 

 361 ; on Irish flora and fauna, 361 



McCarthy, Bucknall, assistant secre- 

 tary, 227, 384 



McClintock, Sir F. L. , career of, 280-1 ; 

 reminiscences of Arctic ice travel in 

 search of Sir John Franklin, 365 ; 

 mentioned, 287, 366, 367 



