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bour of its author, and would suffice alone to place his name in 

 a high rank in the list of Archaeologists. The three large quarto 

 volumes which have already appeared contain the Annals from 

 A. D. 1172 to 1616 ; Mr. O'Donovan is now engaged in preparing 

 for publication the earlier portion, which will be accompanied by a 

 complete index of the names of persons and places mentioned in the 

 Annals. 



Upon the conclusion of his Address, the President pre- 

 sented the Medal to Sir William Hamilton, and addressed 

 him as follows : 



Sir William Hamilton, — in awarding you this Medal, the Coun- 

 cil cannot have the gratification of feeling that they are contributing 

 to the reputation of a name which is already known wherever Science 

 is cultivated. But they trust that you will value it as a mark of 

 sympathy from the Society, whose scientific character you have 

 raised by your labours, and whose interests you have done so much 

 in other ways to promote. Suffer me, on my own behalf, to add, 

 that the duty which I now discharge, as the organ of the Academy 

 on the present occasion, is to myself, personally, the most grateful of 

 any which have devolved upon m« as your successor in this Chair. 



The President then presented the Medal to Mr. Haugh- 

 ton, addressing him as follows : 



Mr. Haughton, — Accept this Medal as a testimony of the high 

 value which the Council of the Eoyal Irish Academy set upon your 

 researches, connected with a most difficult branch of Applied Mathe- 

 matics ; and as an expression of their hope that the labours in the 

 application of the higher branches of analysis to physical problems, 

 for which you have proved yourself so eminently qualified, and 

 which have been already crowned with such success, may long 

 continue to add to your own honour, and to that of the Academy 

 of which you are a member. 



The President, presenting the Medal to Dr. Hincks, ad- 

 dressed him thus : 



Dr. Hincks, — Accept this Medal as a proof of the high opinion 

 with which the Council of the Royal Irish Academy regard your 



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