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Mr. Wilde brought before the Academy a statement of 
the plan which he had adopted in the formation of the Cata- 
logue, the First Part of which he laid on the table. 
The Secretary then moved that the recommendations 
contained in the Resolutions of the Council of 7th August, 
just read, be adopted by the Academy, and the President 
having taken the vote of the Academy, declared that they 
were carried. 
It was moved by Sir Colman O’Loghlen, and seconded 
by Thomas E. Beatty, M. D., and resolved :— 
«That the Board of Works be requested to take imme- 
diate steps to have the Museum properly ventilated, if possi- 
ble before next Saturday.” 
It was moved by the Lord Chief Baron, and seconded by 
Charles Benson, M. D., and resolved :— 
‘¢ That the marked thanks of the Academy be given to 
Mr. Wilde for the zealous and effective way in which he 
has exerted himself in the arrangement of the Museum, and 
the formation of the Catalogue which he has ee to the 
Academy this evening.” 
Mr. Wilde presented :— 
On the part of Dr. Kelly, of Mullingar, a collection of 
antiquities. 
On the part of Mr. Du Noyer, a shoe-spur, and a collec- 
tion of heel-ball rubbings from certain ancient monuments in 
Ireland. 
The Secretary presented, on the part of Arthur R. Nu- 
gent, Esq., three jade-stone celts, and a small idol from New 
Zealand. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
