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charge of their vote from the Lord Lieutenant to the Science and Art 

 Department. 



" His Grace desires me to transmit herewith a copy of a letter 

 dated l7th instant, received from the Treasury, together with a copy 

 of a letter enclosed therein from the Science and Art Department, and 

 in which a modified scheme is proposed. 



"His Grace feels assured that the Academy will receive this pro- 

 posal in the same friendly spirit in which it is made, and he confi- 

 dently trusts that it will meet with their approval. 



" I am, Sir, 



"Your obedient Servant, 



" T. H. Btoke. 

 " The Secret aut, 



" EoTAL Irish Academy." 



It is to be observed that whilst the Government has, on the one 

 hand, stipulated for certain conditions, which, rmitatis mutandis, are 

 identical with those to which the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 

 readily assented, on the other hand, in deciding " that the proposals of 

 the Academy should be accepted," Government has conceded the con- 

 ditions sought by the Academy, not only as regards the re-transfer of 

 its vote to the charge of the Irish Government, but also as to the 

 future provision for the maintenance and augmentation of the Museum, 

 and its preservation in Dublin as a Museum of our ]S"ational Antiqui- 

 ties, distinct from other collections, and under the care and manage- 

 ment of the Academy. 



The Council, being of opinion that the Government has virtually 

 agreed to all that was sought for by the Academy, either in its own 

 interest or for the benefit of the Irish public, have no hesitation in 

 advising the Academy cordially to accept the terms proposed by the 

 Government, and they recommend the Academy to authorize the 

 Council to take all steps necessary to bring the negotiations to a close. 



The Secretary of the Council moved the adoption of the Report. 

 It was moved, as an amendment, by George Sigerson, M. D., and 

 seconded by James John Kelly, Esq. : — 



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