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' ' The order of his Honour the Master of the EoUs, dated the 1 9th 

 November, 1877, and made in the matter of the Royal Irish Academy 

 and the matter of the 52nd Greo. 3., chap. 101, has been laid before, 

 and carefully considered by, the Council of the Eoyal Irish Academy. 



"His Honor by such order has directed that the Petitioners 

 should bring in and lodge in his Chambers a draft of a scheme, and 

 that such scheme should be settled by Counsel, and that a copy of 

 such scheme should be lodged with the Clerk of the Attorney- 

 General. 



"The Petitioners in the matter presented the petition at the 

 request and by the directions of the Council, and are, both they and 

 the Council, desirous that such a scheme should be presented to the 

 Coiu't as may meet the views of the Counsel employed in this case, 

 and also the wishes of the general body of the members of the 

 Academy. 



" The Council has, therefore, taken the opinion of the members of 

 the Academy as to the nature of the proposed scheme, and have re- 

 ceived their consent and approval to the following instructions. It is 

 for the Counsel employed to reduce these instructions to a formal and 

 technical shape ; and these instructions are, therefore, intended merely 

 as an expression of the wishes of the Council and the Academy as to 

 the substance and matter of the scheme. 



" The Council and the members of the Academy desire that the 

 interest and dividends of the Cunningham Fund should be applied in 

 the manner following : — 



"1. In premiums of an honorary nature, such as medals, &c., to per- 

 sons rendering eminent services in Science, Polite Literature, or 

 Antiquities. 



"2. In pecuniary premiums, to be awarded by the Council for the 

 best Essays upon subjects to be proposed by the Council, when 

 and as they think fit, and advertised for public competition. 



*' 3. In the publication, under the title of ' Cunningham Prize Me- 

 moirs,' of such Papers read before the Academy as in the opi- 

 nion of the Council of the Academy possess eminent merit. 



