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‘9, That the award of medals be taken into consideration by the 
Council every third year, at the first meeting after the 16th of March, 
and that it be confined to papers or works published within the six 
years preceding. : 
“<3, That the Council shall, from time to time, grant money pre- 
miums for reports or essays upon stated subjects, reserving to themselves 
the power of printing the papers, or not, as they deem expedient,”’ 
Medals were adjudged in April, 1848— 
1. To Sir William R. Hamilton, for his researches respecting Qua- 
ternions, published in the Transactions of the Academy ; 
2. To the Rev. Samuel Haughton, for his memoir ‘On the Equili- 
brium and Motion of Solid and Fluid Bodies,” printed in vol xxi. of the 
Transactions. 
3. To the Rey. Edward Hincks, D.D., for his various papers on 
Egyptian and Persepolitan writing, published in the Transactions ; and, 
4. To John O’ Donovan, Esq., for his contributions to the Transactions 
of the Irish Archeological Society, his Irish Grammar, and his edition 
of the Annals of the Four Masters. 
On October 6, 1851, a medal was awarded to the Rev. J. H. Jellett, 
for his Treatise on the Calculus of Variations. 
On February 1, 1858, medals were awarded, in science— 
To Edward J. Cooper, Esq., M.P., for his catalogue of ecliptic stars ; 
and to the Rev. George Salmon, for his researches on the geometry of 
plane curves. 
In polite literature— 
To the Rev. Dr. Wall, for his work ‘‘ On the Ancient Orthography of 
the Jews, and the Present State of the Text of the Hebrew Bible.” 
And in antiquities— 
To the Rev. Dr. Reeves, for his new edition of Adamnan’s “ Life 
of St. Columba.” 
We have now completed our historical sketch, which, we trust, will 
not be without utility in assisting the judgment of the Academy with 
respect to the most advisable mode of applying in future the proceeds _ 
of the Cunningham Fund. 
Ir was ResotveD,—That the Report of the Council now read be 
received and adopted. 
The ballots for the annual election of President, Council, and Officers, 
having been scrutinized in the face of the Academy, the President re- 
ported that the following gentlemen were duly elected :— 
Presipent.—The Very Rev. Dean Graves, D. D. 
Councrt.—Rev. Geo. Salmon, D. D.; Rev. Samuel Haughton, M. A.; 
Rev. J. H. Jellett, M. A.; Robert W. Smith, M. D.; Rev. Joseph A. Gal- 
braith, M. A.; Sir W. R. Hamilton, LL. D. ; and James Apjohn, M. D.: 
on the Committee of Science. 
