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■occupying the chair of the Academy on such an occasion to make any 

 lengthened remarks on their ex-President, Dr. Ingram, and he was 

 quite sure they would unanimously receive with pleasure the presen- 

 tation of this portrait. He was glad to be reminded by Sir John 

 Banks that he had the honour of proposing Dr. Ingram, originally, 

 as a Member of the Academy. Personally, his relations with 

 Dr. Ingram through life had been of the most intimate friendship 

 and affection, and in asking their hearty acceptance of this portrait 

 of their ex-President, he was quite sure that the Members of the 

 Academy would join heartily with him- in a warm and cordial 

 -acknowledgment of the services which he had rendered to the 

 Academy. It afforded him the greatest possible gratification to ask 

 them to accept by their applause the portrait now placed before them. 

 It afforded him great pleasure to accept in their name the gift of this 

 portrait of their ex-President, Dr. Ingram. He felt greatly struck 

 and gratified with the success of the distinguished artist in executing 

 the picture. 



A collection of antiquities recently acquired for the Academy's 

 Museum was exhibited ; including an ecclesiastical ring of gold, a 

 piece of gold "ring money," a number of bronze swords, rapiers, 

 spear heads, fibulae, pins, various stone objects, querns, celts, &c., 

 flint arrow heads, mediaeval ecclesiastical tiles, wooden " otter 

 traps," and ancient beads. 



Tuesday, Maech 16, 1897. 



(Stated Meeting.) 



Eight Hon. The Earl of Eosse, k.p., f.r.s.. President, in the Chair. 



The President declared the ballot open for the election of Presi- 

 dent and Council for the ensuing year ; also for the election of Hono- 

 rary Members, and appointed Mr. G. Coffey and Mr. F. W. Moore 

 as scrutineers. 



