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Dr. Hincks’ paper on ‘‘ The Personal Pronouns of the Assyrian 
Language,” and on “ A Tablet in the British Museum,” have been 
printed off; as also the Rev. Dr. Wills’ paper on “‘ Dreams.” 
In Antiquities, a paper by the President on ‘‘ An Ancient Irish 
Missal” has been printed off. 
In the publication of the last Numbers of the Proceedings there 
has been an unavoidable delay, in consequence of the difficulty in 
obtaining an exact report of Mr. Kemble’s valuable communication. 
This, however, is merely an accidental obstruction, and will soon 
be removed. The Proceedings have, with this exception, appeared 
regularly. 
Before leaving this part of the subject, the Council are happy 
to inform the Academy that they have concluded an arrangement 
with the Royal Society of London, in virtue of which that body 
will undertake the circulation in England and on the Continent of 
the Scientific Part of our Proceedings ;—the expense of printing 
the additional numbers required to be borne by the Academy; and 
the expense of postage by the Royal Society. The additional pub- 
licity thus given to our labours cannot fail to have a beneficial 
effect. 
During the past year we have had the following contributions 
to our Transactions and Proceedings :— 
In Pure Mathematics we have had papers from Sir William R. 
Hamilton, Professor Boole, and Mr. Campbell. 
In Mixed and Applied Mathematics, from Sir William R. Ha- 
milton, Mr. Cayley, Professor Jellett, Professor Haughton, Profes- 
sor Hennessy, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Donovan. 
In the Sciences of Observation and Experiment, from Dr. Ro- 
binson, Professor Haughton, and Dr. Barker. 
In Polite Literature we have had a communication from Mr. 
Clibborn. 
In Antiquities, from the President, Dr. Wilde, Dr. Petrie, Dr. 
Reeves, Mr. Haliday, Mr. Kemble, and Mr. Hitchcock. 
The formation of a Catalogue of our Museum has long been 
a subject of anxiety to the Council, and it has been with great regret 
that they have hitherto found themselves unable to announce to the 
Academy that any sensible progress had been made in that work. 
On the present occasion, however, they are happy to have it in their 
