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e. g. con-amen, cert-amen, from con- or, cer-to ; and in Greek, 

 e. g. MeXtt-o/hev-ti, from fiEkirw ; and in certain participles, as 



TVTTT-OfXev-OQ, from TVTTTh). 



Lastly, the termination ?Y*~ in Hebrew is identified with 

 the Irish termination -ion. Thus, in the former language, we 

 find, e. g., 



JVBI, likeness, from n»"T, to be like. 

 rHP, purity „ np3, to be pure. 



And in the latter we have 



leig-ion, learning, from leis-un, to read. 

 baui-ion, female, „ bean, a woman. 



This formative element also appears in the inflection of 

 some Latin words : e. g. naWora-is, leg-z'ow-is, reg-ion-is, from 

 natio, regio, legio, respectively. 



April 28th, 1851. 



THOMAS KOMNEY EOB1NSON, D. D., President, 

 in the Chair. 



On the recommendation of the Council, it was 



Resolved, — That the sum of £50 be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Council for the purchase of antiquities. 

 Read, — The following Report of the Council : 

 " We recommend that immediate steps be taken to pre- 

 pare a Catalogue of the Museum. So long as we are without 

 an accurate list of the articles contained in it, we have no gua- 

 rantee for their safety beyond the vigilance and integrity of 

 the Curator. It is also obvious, that the want of a proper 



