Minutes of Proceedings. 231 



Thtjesday Evening, March 29, 1883. 



(Special Meeting.) 



Sir Samuel Fekgtjson, q.c, ll.d., President, in the Chair. 



The President made a statement in reference to the present position 

 of the Academy as affected by the proposed new Charter of the Eoyal 

 Dublin Society. 



The Secretary of Council read the following Eeport on the proposed 

 Charter, and moved its adoption : 



"Report of the Council. 



"At the Meeting of the Academy, on the 22nd January, 1883, 

 the President brought under its notice the course which had been 

 then recently taken by the Council of the Royal Dublin Society 

 (hereinafter called the Society) for the purpose of obtaining a new 

 Charter, and the grounds on which the Draft of that Charter had 

 met with the disapproval of the Council of the Academy. The 

 Draft in question had, a few days before, failed to receive the ne- 

 cessary sanction of a General Meeting of the Society, and it was not 

 necessary on that occasion to enter on the subject more in detail. As, 

 however, the governing body of the Society has since then intimated 

 its intention to revive the proposal, with some modification, which, so 

 far as its nature has been publicly announced, fails to obviate the 

 objections entertained by the Council of the Academy, and has 

 gazetted the Statutory Notice convening a Special General Meeting 

 of the Society to consider a second Draft Charter for the 5th of 

 April next, it is deemed advisable that a detailed Eeport should 

 be laid before the Academy, with a view .to inform its Members on 

 the subject generally, and to acquaint them fully with the past and 

 present action of Council in this matter. 



R. I, A. MINUTES, SESSION 1883-84. L^^J 



