Minutes of Proceedings. 233 



resolved on transferring to the Science and Art Department of 

 the Committee of Council on Education certain branches of the 

 work up to that time performed by the Society, such as in the 

 School of Art and the Botanic Gardens. In connexion with this Transfer of 



transfer, the Society appears to have entered into some arrano^e- ^0*^16178111110- 

 ' ■' ^'^ _ '^ tionstobcience 



ment with the Government, by which the latter undertook the and Art De- 

 Printing of the Society's Scientific Papers [post, 18) for some time. ?f,^ ^^^ \ 

 There is no record accessible to Council from which the Details Government. 

 of this arrangement can be ascertained ; but it is observable 

 that the Publications of the Society from this period dealt 

 less with practical Science, and became more distinctively 

 theoretic in their character. 



*' 6. The Society, on oth March, 1877, entered into an Agree- 1877, 5 March. 



ment with Her Maiesty's Government, which provided, uiter alia, -A-greement m 



•> •' . prospect ot 



that, in the contemplated transfer, accommodation should be pro- transfer. 



vided for the Society, sufficient for the discharge of the functions 



still remaining to it in Science {post, 18) and Agriculture ; and jsfew Charter 



that the Stationery office should continue to Print the Proceedings contemplated. 



and Transactions of the Society, limiting ■ them strictly to its 



scientific work {post, 18) for a period of five years from the date 



of the transfer of the collections, with the view of assisting the 



Society to re-organize itself on an independent basis ; and it is 



stated that the Government would be prepared to recommend to 



Her Majesty to grant such new Charter or Charters as, in the 



opinion of the Government, might be required by the altered 



circumstances and condition of the Society. 



" 7. The Dublin Science and Art Museum Act, 1877 (40 & 41 1877, Dublin 

 Yict. c. 234, Loc. & Pers.), was now passed; which, after J'J.j.^J^^^^;!;^ 

 declaring that it was expedient that the Society ' should be Act. 

 maintained in the exercise of its functions, save so far as the 

 same are affected by this Act,' provided that for the purpose of 

 giving effect to the objects of the Act it should be lawful for the 

 Commissioners of works in Ireland, the Science and Art Depart- 

 ment, and the Society, to enter into any agreements, contracts, 

 or arrangements they might think fit, and that such agreements, 

 &c., should have the same force as if embodied in the Act. 



" 8. On 1st March, 1881, an agreement was executed between 1881, 1 March, 

 the Department, the Commissioners, and the Society, pursuant S^eemen in 



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