308 Royal Irish Academy. 



The following Address, having been submitted by the Officers, was- 

 adopted : — 



*'To His Excellexct Johk Campbell, Eael of ABEEDEE^', Loed 



LlEUTEiS'ANT-GEjrEEAL AJfD GeNEKAL GoTEEKOE OF IeELAND. 



'' May it please Yoite Excellency, 



" AYe, the President aad ^Members of the Eoyal Irish 

 Academy, beg leave to offer our respectful welcome to Your Excellency 

 on your assumption of tlie liigh office of Chief Governor of this country, 

 and through Tour Excellency to renew the expression of our attach- 

 ment to the Throne and Person of our Sovereign Lady the Queen. 



" In virtue of the Viceregal Office, Tour Excellency becomes the 

 Yisitor of our Academy, and as such we trust Tour Excellency may 

 soon be pleased to inspect the Collection of jSTational Art Treasures- 

 and Antiquities deposited in our Museum. 



" Incorporated for the study of Science, Polite Literature, and 

 Antiquities, we can point to our records of the past for evidence of 

 valuable work accomplished, and we look forward with confidence to 

 an equally productive and useful future. 



" We enter this year on the commencement of a second century 

 of our Chartered existence, and we hope that, in celebrating our 

 approaching Centenary, we may have the honour and advantage of 

 Tour Excellency's countenance and support. 



"■ For the Eoyal Irish Academy, 



" Samitel EERGirso]sr, kt., ll.d., President. 



"■ Ed. Peeceval "Weight, m.a., m.d., SecretaryJ"' 



Tuesday Evening, Maech 16, 1886. 



(Stated Meeting.) 



Me. David Pigot, m.a., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Ballot was opened for the Election of President and Council. 

 The Chairman appointed Mr. W. E. de V. Kane and Mr. W. E. 

 MoUoy as Scrutineers. 



