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The President nominated, under his hand and seal, the following 
Vice-Presidents :—Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, D. D., Rev. William Reeves, 
D.D., Rev. George Salmon, M. A., John Kells Ingram, LL.D. 
It was Resolved, on the recommendation of the Council :— 
1. That the regular publication of our Transactions is absolutely es- 
sential to the welfare of the Academy. 
2. That, in order to enable the Council to carry on this important 
work without interruption, it be recommended to the Academy to suspend, 
for the present, the Annual Grants of £100, each, to the Library and 
Museum, there being no other funds available for the purpose. 
3. That the amount of the Grants annually voted to the increase of 
the Library and Museum be regulated by the funds in hands, after pay- 
ing for the publication of the Transactions. 
An Address to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on his return to 
Ireland, was read and adopted. 
