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cognise in you, not only the Representative of our gracious 
Sovereign, but also the man of letters, whose cultivated mind 
and varied and eminent attainments point him out as indivi- 
dually qualified for such a position, independently of any civil 
or official rank. 
«Your Excellency is already well acquainted with the 
literary and scientific institutions of Ireland, and you are 
therefore aware that the Academy was founded by the Char- 
ter of His Majesty King George III. for promoting the 
study of the Abstract and Physical Sciences, Polite Litera- 
ture, and Antiquities. 
<¢ It may be necessary to say, that since the period of your 
Excellency’s former residence in Dublin, we have obtained, 
from the liberality of Government, a large and convenient 
residence, much better adapted to our purposes than that which 
was formerly occupied by the Academy, and provided with 
ample accommodation for our Library, as well as for our Mu- 
* seum, which can now be displayed and arranged as its impor- 
tance and national character deserves. 
«* The Museum, which is confined to Irish Antiquities, has 
of late years received great and valuable additions, chiefly 
from the liberal contributions of the zealous friends of Irish 
history and antiquities, amongst whom it is gratifying to us 
to be able to reckon your Excellency, and to thank you for a 
contribution to this department of our labours, transmitted to 
us immediately on your arrival here, and before you had pub- 
licly entered upon your Viceregal duties. 
*« It is not for us to speak of the merit of the literary efforts 
of our members, which have been published in our Transac- 
tions and Proceedings: we would only remark, that we have 
endeavoured to cultivate the branches of learning to which our 
Academy is devoted, in such a manner as to hold out to every 
one, with strict impartiality, that meed of praise and of honour 
which his exertions and attainments have earned. 
‘* Treland is now, we trust, recovering from the late cala- 
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