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Alexander Macalister, M. D., also read a paper " On the presence 

 of a Lachrymo-Jugal Suture in a Human Skull." 



Although the relation of the maxillary process of the jugal hone to 

 the supra-orhital edge of the maxilla is suhject to a considerable 

 amount of variation, yet in the majority of cases this process ends at a 

 point vertically over the infra-orbital foramen. But in one skull in 

 the collection of Trinity College, Dublin, of which the history is un- 

 known, the author found the maxillary process to stretch over the 

 whole infra- orbital edge of the maxilla, in front of the large external 

 hamulus of the lachrymal bone, with which it forms a suture of about 

 a line and a-half in length. The author further gives a sketch of the 

 comparative anatomy of this suture. 



[This paper will appear in the Proceedings, Series II., Vol. II. 

 Science, Part I, with illustrations.] 



The following Donations to the Museum from June 28 to Xov. 9, 

 1874, were acknowledged, and the thanks of the Academy voted to the 

 donors :- ■ 



Flint Arrow Head, flint Javelin Head, found together with glass 

 beads, in Co. Carlow — presented by "W. S. Keogh, Esq., E. D. S. ; Stone 

 Inkstand, bearing date 1684, from Golden Balls, Co. Tipperary — pre- 

 sented by H. Connor White, Esq., H. D. S. ; Pour Bronze axe-shaped 

 Celts, three Bronze socketed Celts, Bronze Chisel, Bronze Gouge, 

 Bronze Dagger Blade, two Bronze Disk Brooches, Bronze Cruciform 

 Object, two Bronze Rings, Brass Smoking Pipe, Bronze boot-shaped 

 Object, found at Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Bronze Harp Pin, found at 

 Clontarf, June, 1812, Brass Breastplate, Scrap of Iron, Wooden cart- 

 ridge-shaped Object, Copper Crook, portion of Antler of Deer, Clay 

 Pipe-head, Brass Medal, SS. Patrick and Bridget — presented by Miss 

 Saunderson, Dublin ; Brooch of Gold Bronze, found in the parish of 

 Togher, near Drogheda, Co. Louth — presented by the Eev. J. Reid, St. 

 Mary's College, Dundalk. 



The following is a List of Purchases during the same period : — 



Wooden Crucifix, from Kildare ; three Copper axe-shaped Celts, 

 Copper Dagger Blade, three Copper Awls, found together with the four 

 preceding objects in a bog in towland of Knocknague, parish of Kil- 

 bannon, Co. Gal way ; Gold FibuLa, found at Ballinderry, Co. Antrim; 

 Stone Celt, found in the parish of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath ; 



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