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A series of casts, 40 in number, illustrative of primeval art, and 
throwing much light on Irish antiquities, has been procured by Mr. Wilde 
from the Museum of Mayence. 
We are indebted to the Lord Lieutenant for a very valuable body of 
documents illustrative of our national history and topography, received 
within the past year. His Excellency, in consequence of a representa- 
tion made to him by the President, placed himself in communication 
with the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War; and by his in- 
fluence obtained for the Academy a donation of 103 volumes of manu- 
script papers, containing much interesting information relative to the 
local history and antiquities of Ireland, collected during the progress of 
the Ordnance Survey under the superintendence of Major-General Sir 
Thomas Larcom. There were at the same time presented 11 volumes 
of sketches of various objects of antiquarian interest. We believe Her 
Majesty’s Government have followed an enlightened policy in deposit- 
ing these documents in the Library of this Academy, where they will 
be associated with other collections of a kindred nature, and will be 
always easily accessible for purposes of historical and antiquarian re- 
search. 
We have also to acknowledge a liberal donation given by the Rev. 
John H. Jellett, to further the objects of the Academy. The Rev. 
Samuel Haughton has been for some time occupied with researches con- 
cerning the Analysis of Irish Granites; and Mr. Jellett has placed at 
his disposal the sum of £40 towards the necessary expenses of these re- 
searches. One-half of this amount has béen already expended by Mr. 
Haughton on his investigations, and the results obtained have been 
printed in our Transactions. The further analyses now in progress will 
also, when completed, be laid before the Academy. 
The Treasurer informs us that the finances of the Academy are in a 
satisfactory condition. All bills have been paid, and a balance of up- 
wards of £100 will be carried to the credit of the Academy in the year 
now about to commence. 
The Academy, by a resolution of January 28th, directed the Council 
to prepare a historical account of the Cunningham Fund, from its origin 
to the present time, including a list of the persons to ‘whom prizes or 
medals have been awarded from the Fund; and a statement of the nature 
of the researches for which such prizes and medals were adjudged. The 
Academy also requested the Council to make such suggestions as they 
should think proper, with respect to the mode in which the proceéds ‘of 
the Fund should, for the future, be disposed of, We have drawn up a 
statement respecting the ‘history of the Fund, which will be brought 
before the Academy in the form of an Appendix to the present Report. 
The question of the best mode of disposing of the Fund for the future 
we have not had time to examine as carefully as its importance deserves ; 
and we recommend that it be referred to the new Council for their ma- 
ture consideration. 
It will be remembered that, in the last Annual Report, the atten- 
tion of the Academy was ‘called to a subject on which the President 
