104 Royal Irish Academy. 



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High Cofet of Justice (Ireland), 

 " Chancery Division. 



" In the Matter of the Trusts of 

 ' The Todd Is'atioiial Me- 



I, John Thomas Gilbert, of Villa 

 Nova, Blackrock, in the County of 

 morial Pund;' and the 11th ^ Dublin, Esq., make oath and say as 

 and 12th Yictoria, chap. 68. j follows : 



1. My name is John Thomas Gilbert, and my address is Villa 

 Nova, Blackrock, in the County of Dublin. 



2. I may be served with any petition, or any notice of any pro- 

 ceeding or order of the Court relating to the trust fund, at the office 

 of my solicitor, Mr. Thomas Donnelly, of jS'o. 27, Dame-street, 

 Dublin. 



3. I propose to transfer the sum of one thousand two hundred 

 and nine pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence. Government IS^ew 

 Three per cent. Stock, and to pay into Court the sum of twelve 

 pounds and four pence cash to the credit of the trust, after deducting 

 the sum of eight pounds for the costs of bringing same into Court. 



4. After the death of the late Eeverend James Hen thorn Todd, 

 D.D., S.F.T.C.D., a public Meeting for the purpose of promoting a 

 testimonial to his memory was, on the 27th day of October, 1869, 

 held at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, the Very Eeverend William 

 Atkins, D.D., Dean of Eerns (since deceased), in the chair; and it 

 was by the said meeting Eesolved, on my motion, seconded by the 

 Eeverend Professor Jellett, E.T.C.D., and taken down in writing in 

 the Minute-book of said Meeting, and signed by the Chairman thereof, 

 that the national memorial to the late Eev. J. H. Todd shall take the 

 form of a Professorship of the Celtic Languages, to be founded in con- 

 nexion with the Eoyal Irish Academy; and at a Meeting of Committee of 

 the subscribers to said fund held on the 3rd IN'ovember, 1869, William 

 Henry Hardinge and I were appointed Honorary Treasurers of the fund 

 to be raised, which was called " The Todd JS'ational Memorial Eund," 

 and the Eeverend "William Eeeves, D.D., Henry Brook Dobbin, and 

 John Eibton Garstin were appointed Honorary Secretaries, and a very 

 large number of persons, exceeding one hundred in number, were 



