S4Q Roi/al Irish Academy. 



"To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 

 "Mat it please Yoitr Majesty, 



" We, tlie President and Members of the Eoval Irish Academy, beg- 

 to offer Tour Majesty our most respectful and loyal welcome on the 

 occasion of Your Majesty's gracious visit to Ireland. 



" The Eoyal Irish Academy was founded more than a century ago 

 by Tour Majesty's royal ancestor King Greorge III., for the promotion 

 of the study of Science, Literature, and Archeology ; and we trust 

 that the long roll of distinguished men who have contributed to our 

 Transactions is an indication that the Charter which was then granted 

 to the Academy has been highly valued, and has contributed in no 

 small degree to the intellectual progress of Ireland. 



" The period of Tour Majesty's glorious reign has been one of un- 

 exampled activity in the field of scientific and literary research ; and 

 we trust that Tour Majesty's patronage under which the Academy 

 has been privileged to work for many eventful years may long be 

 continued to the benefit of learning and culture, as well as of all that 

 promotes the social and moral well-being of our countrymen. 



" We desire to thank Tour Majesty for the opportunity which has 

 been afforded us of expressing our continued devotion and loyalty to 

 Tour Majesty's person." 



By-law 6, Chapter IX., being suspended, the President called 

 on Mr. Edward J. Gwynn, ir.A., f.t.c.i)., to read his fourth Todd 

 Memorial Lecture on "Portions of the Poetical Diadsenchas." 



The Todd Lectures, \o\. vii., on "Poems from the Dindsenchas," 

 by Edward Grwynn, m.a. ; and Part 4 of vol. v. of the Proceedings, 

 Third Series, were laid on the Table. 



On the Eeport of the Scrutineers, the following were declared 

 elected as Honorary Members in the Section of Science : — 



Aleksandr Onufrijevic Kovalevskij, St. Petersburg. 

 Jean Albert Gaudry, Paris. 

 Peter Guthrie Tait, EdinlurgTi. 

 Jacob Heinrich van't Hoff, Berlin. 

 Joseph John Thompson, Cambridge. 



