332 Royal Irish Academy. 



The Yice-President, in the Chair, declared the ballot open for the 

 election of a President, and appointed Mr. T. Maxwell Hutton and 

 Dr. S. M. Mac Swiney as Scrutineers. 



Sir Eobert Kane, f.k.s., moved, and Mr. D. R. Pigot, m.a., 

 seconded, the special nomination of the Rev. Dr. Haughton, f.k.s., as 

 President of the Academy. 



It was moved by Sir Eobert Ball, and seconded by "W. J. Fitzpatrick,. 

 LL.D., and passed : — 



" That an Address of Welcome be presented to his Excellency the 

 Lord Lieutenant, and that the Officers of the Academy be requested 

 to prepare a Draft Address for the approval of the Academy." 



The Officers brought up the following Address, which was approved 

 of and passed : — 



"To His Excelleijcy Chaeles Steavakt, Mahqtjis of Londonderut^ 

 Lord LrEUTEiirAis^T- General ksh General Governor of Ireland. 



" Max it please Yoitr Excellency, 



''We, the President and Members of the Poyal Irish 

 Academy, embrace the earliest opportunity of congratulating Your 

 Excellency on your appointment to the high position of Her 

 Majesty's Yiceroy in Ireland, and of offering, through you, to Her 

 Most Gracious Majesty Queen Yictoria, our Patron, the assurance 

 of our loyal devotion. 



" Our Academy was established, in 1785, for the promotion of the 

 study of Science, Polite Literature, and Antiquities. That we have 

 in some measure fulfilled the duties entrusted to us in all these 

 Departments, can be seen in the Yolumes of our Transactions and 

 Proceedings published within the last hundred years. 



""While we have been enabled to accomplish something towards 

 making the ancient Literature and History of our Country known, 

 our very limited resources have left very much more yet to be done 

 in this direction. 



" "We have been fortunate in bringing together an unrivalled 

 collection of Irish Antiquities, which, from its very richness, our 

 space rendered it impossible properly to exhibit. "We have reason 



