PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, 



1846-7. No. 59. 



January Uth, 1847. 



REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D. D., President, in the 

 Chair. 



William Brooke, Esq., Q.C.; Dominick Corrigan, M.D.; 

 Leonard Dobbin, Esq.; Michael Donovan, Esq. ; Charles Hali- 

 day, Esq. ; William Neilson Hancock, Esq. ; John Kells In- 

 gram, Esq., F.T.C.D.; Charles P. Mac Donnell, Esq.; Right 

 Hon. Louis Perrin; and Frederick John Sidney, Esq., were 

 elected Members of the Academy. 



On the recommendation of Council the following By-laws 

 were adopted by the Academy : 



" 1. That the number of Honorary Members of the 

 Academy shall be limited to sixty. 



"2. That there shall be three Sections of Honorary 

 Members, corresponding to the threefold objects of the Aca- 

 demy, and that the numbers in each Section shall be limited 

 as follows : 



" Section of Science, 30 ; of Literature, 15 ; of Antiqui- 

 ties, 15 ; = 60. 



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