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vided that the independence and usefulness of the Academy be not 

 injuriously affected by such measures, is willing to consent to the 

 transfer of its antiquarian collections, commonly known as its Museum, 

 to the Government, upon the conditions — 



(«). That the arrangement of the Museum, as well as the pur- 

 chase of additions, shall continue to be conducted by the 

 Academy, and that adequate provision shall be made for the 

 continued acquisition of Irish antiquities which may here- 

 after be discovered or offered for sale. 



ii). That the Museum of the Academy, together with such other 

 Irish antiquities as may be added to it, shall be for ever 

 kept apart from other collections, and be permanently main- 

 tained as a Museum of our national antiquities, no portion 

 of its contents being ever removed from the city of Dublin, 

 unless by permission given under the seal of the Academy. 



(c). That the Academy shall be accountable, as at present, to 

 Her Majesty's Treasury, through the Irish Government, for 

 all sums voted by Parliament, and shall not be subject, in the 

 conduct of its affairs, or the expenditure of its grants, to any 

 control on the part of the Science and Art Department, or 

 any of its officers. 



"2. That, considering the position which the Academy has long held, 

 and will continue to hold, as the first scientific, literary, and anti- 

 quarian society of the country, the proportional representation pro- 

 posed to be given to it on the Board of Visitors (sect. 12 of Lord Sandon's 

 letter) is altogether inadequate; and the Academy further thinks 

 that no paid ofiicial of the Science and Art Department should be eli- 

 gible to act as a representative on the Board. 



"3. That there should be provided in the yearly estimates, as laid 

 before Parliament, instead of the several sums now annually voted, 

 a sum at least equal to what is at present voted, to enable the Aca- 

 demy to discharge more completely its functions as a scientific, 

 literary, and antiquarian body, by making grants in aid of original 

 research, by publishing the results of such researches, by maintaining 

 •a Kbrary specially adapted to assist learned investigation, and by 

 •editing and printing ancient Irish tests, &c." 



