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were elected Honorary Members in the Section of Science, and 



The Eight Hon. Lord Lister 

 (then Sir Joseph Lister, Bart.), President of the Eoyal Society, was 

 proclaimed an Honorary Member under By-Law 14, Chapter II. 



The Academy has lost by death within the year two Members : — 

 Eev. Denis Murphy, s.J., ll.d., elected 12th May, 1884. 

 General John Meredith Read, elected 14th January, 1867. 



The Academy has also lost by death four Honorary Members in 

 the Section of Science : — 



Gabriel Auguste Daubree, elected 16th March, 1869. 

 Emil Heinrich Dubois Eeymond, elected 16th March, 1895. 

 Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, k.c.m.g., elected 16th March, 1894. 

 "Earl "Weierstrass, elected 16th March, 1895. 



A statement of the facts relating to an anticipated contribution ta 

 the funds of the Academy, in aid of the progress of the Irish 

 Dictionary, was laid before the Council in due course, but the 

 Council report that, after full consideration of all the circumstances, 

 there do not seem to be sufficient grounds to hope that the expected 

 gift will be forthcoming. 



The Council also regret that they have not yet been able to secure 

 the co-operation of a competent scholar in the preparation of the 

 Dictionary. The funds at command are so small, and the position 

 being naturally of a temporary nature, and involving special quali- 

 fications, the number of persons from among whom a suitable 

 assistant could be selected is limited, and does not permit a selection 

 at will. But considerable progress has been made in the translation 

 and study of Medical literature in Irish, which will in due time be 

 laid before the Academy. 



The fourth volume of the ''Annals of Ulster," containing the 

 Introduction and Index, has not yet been published, but the Editor, 

 Eev. Dr. Mac Carthy, has been steadily at work upon it, and expects 

 that the Index will be printed off before the end of tlie present 

 Academic session, and the Introduction shortly after, so that the 

 volume will, it is hoped, be published at the beginning of the 

 autumn, thus completing the entire work. 



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