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Monday, April 12th, 1852. 



JAMES APJOHN, M. D., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Henry H. Head, M. D., William Nelson Irwin, Esq., 

 James Sheridan Muspratt, Esq., and Henry John Porter, 

 Esq., were elected Members of the Academy. 



On the recommendation of the Council, it was Resolved : 

 That £50 be placed at the disposal of the Council to de- 

 fray the expense of moving from Grafton-street to the present 

 house in Dawson-street ; and also, — 



That the Council be authorized to dispose of the interest 

 of the Academy in the lease of the house, 114, Grafton-street. 



The following Address to the Earl of Eglinton, Lord 

 Lieutenant of Ireland, &c, prepared by the Council, was read, 

 together with His Excellency's Answer thereto : — 



" To His Excellency Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton 

 and Winton, Lord Lieutenant General and General Go- 

 vernor of Ireland, Sfc. 



" May it please your Excellency, 



"We, the President and Members of the Royal Irish 

 . Academy, beg to offer to your Excellency our respectful con- 

 gratulations on your arrival in Ireland in the high character 

 of Representative of our beloved and most gracious Sovereign. 



" The Charter by which our Society was incorporated, in 

 the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King George III., has 

 nominated the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ex-officio the Visi- 

 tor of the Academy. 



" The relation in which Ave are thus placed to your Excel- 



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