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and to state when the work for which these transcriptions are being 

 made is expected to be completed," 



" That when allocating the Funds of the Academy the Council 

 do bear in mind the importance of cataloguing the mss. at present 

 unindexed, and, if possible, afford the Academy an opportunity of 

 applying to this most important work some of the money hitherto 

 devoted to other purposes," 



Monday, Apeil 23, 1894. 

 Dr. J, K. Ingram, s.f.t.c.d.. President, in the Chair. 



Nathaniel Colgan signed the Eoll, and was admitted a Member of 

 the Academy. 



Read the following Letter : — 



" Nine Wells, Great Shelford, 



"Cambridge, April 16, 1894. 

 " Sir, 



"I beg leave to return my best thanks to your Academy 

 for the great honour they have done me in electing me an Honorary 

 Member. It is a distinction which, for many reasons, I estimate very 

 highly. 



" Your obedient servant, 



" M. Foster. 

 "Dr. E. Perceval Weight." 



Rev. Edmund Hogan, s.j., Todd Professor, read the first Todd 

 Memorial Lecture for the present Session, " On certain passages 

 from the Leabhar na h-Uidhri." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



The following Science Grants recommended by the Council were 

 approved : — 



£10 to Professor G. F. Fitz Gerald and Mr. E. Cullum, to assist 

 them in carrying on a Series of Magnetic Observations at Valentia.j 



