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May 26th, 1851. 



JOHN ANSTER, LL. D., Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



On the recommendation of the Council, 



It was Resolved, — That in the event of M. De la Ponce 

 being elected a Member of the Academy, his collection of ma- 

 nuscripts relating to the Irish Brigade, now in the custody of 

 the Assistant Secretary, be accepted as equivalent to the sum 

 of twenty guineas, his entrance fee and life composition. 



The Maps of the Geological Surveys of the Counties of 

 Dublin and Wexford, were presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq., 

 on the part of Her Majesty's Government. 



The small cinerary urn, noticed and figured in the Pro- 

 ceedings, vol. iv. pp. 35, 36, was presented to the Mu- 

 seum by Charles P. Johnson, Esq., on the part of Mrs. 

 Beauchamp Newton, Bagnalstown. In addition to the ori- 

 ginal notice of its discovery already printed in the Proceed- 

 ings, Mr. Johnson, in his note, explained, " that this urn or 

 cup was found in a rude stone coffin composed of six pieces 

 of freestone granite, during the formation of the Irish South- 

 eastern Railway, at Knocknecoura, near Bagnalstown, in the 

 coimty of Carlow. There was another piece of earthenware, 

 of a much larger size, in this coffin, but it was unfortunately 

 broken to pieces by the labourers, in their struggles to ascer- 

 tain its contents, which were nothing but dust and charcoal." 



A highly ornamented carved oak chest, with an inscription 

 in English on it, and the date 1616, was presented to the Mu- 

 seum, by Barclay Clibborn, Esq., of Hall, County "Westmeath. 



Five volumes of manuscripts, comprising the original re- 

 turns collected from all parts of Ireland, during the recent agri- 

 cultural distress, by the Irish Relief Association. Presented 

 by the Rev. C. H. Minchin, on the part of himself and the 

 other Honorary Secretaries. 



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