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grant withdrawn, if proper arrangements were made, 

 they suggested points for consideration, which were 

 generally as follows : 



That there should be a court of Visitors, consisting 

 of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and the 

 Provost. 



That the Society should embrace sections for 

 i, Physical Science; 2, Geology and Mineralogy; 3, 

 Botany and Horticulture ; 4, Zoology ; 5, Agriculture. 

 That the General Council should consist of thirty-one 

 members, namely, the president, seven vice-presidents, 

 the two secretaries, and six others, elected by the Society, 

 as well as fifteen members of the Society deputed from 

 the sectional councils. That members of the Society 

 should pay an admission fee of two guineas, and an 

 annual subscription of two guineas; composition fee 

 to be twenty guineas. That a member of one section 

 should pay half these sums. That the school of 

 mechanical drawing should be continued under the 

 Society, and that the schools of fine arts should be 

 transferred to the Royal Hibernian Academy. 



Though, on the whole, these propositions were 

 favourably received by the Society, certain modifications 

 were asked for; and, on the i6th of June 1841, His 

 Excellency stated that he found with pleasure that the 

 Society appeared disposed to accede to them. They 

 formed, with the original condition as to the abolition 

 of the newsroom, the extent of what the Government 

 desired to see carried out. 



On the nth of November 1841, the Council sub- 

 mitted to the members resolutions embodying the 

 principles on which the Society might meet the ex- 

 pressed wishes of the Irish Government, which provided 

 for discontinuance of the newsroom and newspapers. 

 The Society was to embrace the following sections : 



