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The Secretary laid on the table the " Proceedings" of the Academy, 

 Second Series, Yol. II., Science, Part 7, January, 1877. This number 

 concludes Volume II. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were announced, and thanks, 

 voted to the Donors, 



MoxDAT EvEN-iNG, Febktjaky 12, 1877. 



Samuel Peegtjsox, LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary reported that His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant 

 had received the President and Members of the Academy at the Castle, 

 on the 22nd of January, and that his Grace had been pleased to return 

 the following Answer to the Address of the Academy, which had been 

 duly presented to him : — 



"Mk. President akd Membees of the Eoyal Ieish Academy — 



* ' I thank you for the Address you have read to me. Your con- 

 gratulations on the high appointment which the Queen has conferred 

 on me I greatly value. 



' ' It is most gratifying to me, on my arrival in Ireland, to be wel- 

 comed by a body so important and cultivated as the Eoyal Irish Aca- 

 demy ; one which, incorporated by Eoyal Charter nearly a hundred 

 years ago, for the purpose of stimulating the study of liternture and 

 the pursuit of scientific research, still continues in its enlightened 

 course, and carries out in such an admirable and successful manner the 

 original intentions of its founders. The Museum, with its ancient 

 manuscripts, will be a matter of special interest to me, and it will 

 afford me much pleasure to be able on some future occasion to inspect 

 the valuable collection which it contains. 



"To be the Visitor of such an Institution as yours, gentlemen, 

 ranking high as it does among all kindred Societies, is to me a source 

 of pride, and I shall consider it the privilege of my position to assist 

 you as far as possible in extending its usefulness, in guarding its inte- 

 rests, and in maintaining the great celebrity which it has obtained." 



It was resolved that the Answer of His Excellency to the Address 

 presented by the Academy should be entered on the Minutes. 



