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Monpay, Apri 14TH, 1856. 
JAMES HENTHORN TODD, D.D., Paresipenr, 
in the Chair. 
Cuarxes Copiann, Esq., Nicholas Smith O’Gorman, Esq., 
and George Johnstone Stoney, Esq., were elected Members of 
the Academy. 
On the recommendation of the Council, the following By- 
Law (Chapter vil., sect. 6) was repealed :— 
‘In case of the sickness or absence of any Member ofa 
Committee, to be signified to the Secretary of Council, that 
Member of such Committee shall nominate-a Member, pro 
tempore, out of the names which have been proposed by the 
Council to fill the Committees, and which have not been 
elected ; the Member’s nomination shall then be signified to 
him by the Secretary of Council; and in case the President 
shall approve such nomination, such member, pro tempore, 
shall be vested with all the powers of a Member of Council.” 
The Treasurer presented the General Abstract of the 
Monthly Abstracts of Accounts for the past year, ending the 
31st March last. 
The President delivered an Inaugural Address. 
Ir was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY,—That the President 
be requested to allow his able and eloquent Address, just 
delivered, to be printed in the Proceedings. 
The President's Address was as follows :— 
My Lorps anp GentLEmMENn,—It would be impossible for me, 
by any words, to express to you how highly I esteem the honour 
you have done me, in calling me by your suffrages to occupy this 
Chair. Iam conscious that I have but little claim to be enrolled 
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