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be able to realize shortly the suggestions thrown out by the Presi- 
dent in his Inaugural Address, and adopt such plans for the future 
management of the Library as will make it ancillary to the three- 
fold objects of the Academy. 
During the past year we have lost seven Members by death. 
Their names are :— 
Hatipay Bruce, Esq.; elected November 12, 1838: died 
December 4, 1856. 
Ricut Rev. James Witson, D. D., Lord Bishop of Cork, 
Cloyne, and Ross; elected Oct. 28, 1822: died January, 1857. 
Joun Fintay, LL.D.; elected December 11, 1837: died May 
11, 1856. 
Rev. Tuomas D. Hinexs, LL. D.; elected March 16, 1803: 
died February, 1857. 
James Pim, Esq.; elected November 30, 1833: died November 
13, 1856. 
Isaac Wexp, Esq.; elected March 15, 1800: died August 4, 
1856. 
Wiuiam Henn, Esq.; elected May 12, 1845: died March 9, 
1857. 
Thirteen Members have been elected into the Academy since the 
last Annual Meeting. Their names are :— 
Charles Copland, Esq. Robert M‘Dermott, Esq., M. B. 
Nicholas Smith O’Gorman, Esq., Rev. James M‘Ivor, A. M. 
A.M. Sir Colman M. O’Loghlen, Bart. 
G. Johnstone Stoney, Esq., A.M. Robert Patterson, Esq. 
Thomas H. Ledwich, Esq. John R. Kinahan, Esq., M. B. 
John H. Otway, Esq. Frederick Field, Esq. 
Dominick M‘Causland, Esq. Robert M‘Donnell, Esq. 
The following payments have been made by the Committee of 
Antiquities from Ist of April, 1856, to 16th of March, 1857, on 
account of the purchase of Antiquities for the Royal Irish Aca- 
demy’s Museum :— 
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