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the daytime may be more effectively secured, and the electric lighting 

 at night improved. In this room the Croziers are now exhibited in 

 the form suggested by the Curator, which the Visitation Committee 

 approve of. In the Long Room the Bronze Celts have been arranged 

 and re-classified, so as to exhibit them in a more desirable manner. 



The revision of the By-laws, which was undertaken by a Com- 

 mittee appointed by the Council on 21st December, 1896, and subse- 

 quently reappointed on 20th March, 1899, occupied much of the 

 attention of the Council during the past year. The Revision Committee 

 made a report to the Council on the 9th March, 1900, which was taken 

 into consideration on the 7th of May following. On that date the Council 

 recommended to the Academy the By-laws proposed by the Revision 

 Committee, in reference to the election of Members, and these having 

 been brought before the Academy on 14th of May, were discussed, and 

 at a subsequent Meeting, on May 28th, were adopted in principle, the 

 consideration of details being reserved until a full statement as to all 

 the proposed changes in the By-laws had been prepared by the Council. 

 The Council had this matter before them again on 18th June, 5th 

 November, 19th November, and 22nd November ; and on the last- 

 named date they adopted a series of important recommendations, 

 which were brought before the Academy on 30th November, and 

 approved, with the exception of three paragraphs, which were referred 

 back to the Council. Some modifications having been made in two of 

 these paragraphs, after consideration by the Council, on 17th Decem- 

 ber, 1900, and 21st January, 1901, the revised By-laws received the 

 final sanction of the Academy on 11th February, 1901. A copy of 

 the By-laws, thus revised, has already been sent to every Member of 

 the Academy. 



At the beginning of last year the Eclipse Committee, appointed 

 by the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society, found that 

 the number of persons likely to join the expedition was very much 

 less than had been anticipated. They did not therefore feel them- 

 selves justified in recommending that a special steamer should be 

 chartered, and they accepted provisionally an offer made by the British 

 Astronomical Association of berths on their steamer for the Irish 

 members. Only thirteen, out of 1 50 members who had made provisional 

 applications for berths, accepted this offer. Ultimately the British 



