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STATED MEETING.— Saturday, March 15, 1862. 

 The Veey Eev. Chaeles Geaves, D. D., President, in the Chair. 

 The Secretary read the following — 



Repoet oe the Counctl. 



Since the date of the last Eeport, the following papers have been 

 printed in the transactions : — 



1. Dr. J. E. Kinahan, On the Britannic Species of Crangon and 

 Galathea, with some remarks on the Homologies of these groups." 



2. Dr. Lloyd, On Earth Currents, and their Connexion with the 

 Diurnal Changes of the Horizontal Magnetic JN'eedle." 



These two papers form the second part of Yol. xxiv. 



Mr. Denis Crofton's paper, ^' On a Collation of a MS. of the Bha- 

 gavad Gita," is nearly ready to be issued. 



Many interesting papers have been read before the Academy, abstracts 

 of which have already appeared, or will hereafter appear, in its Proceed- 

 ings. We have received communications in Mathematics from Sir "Wil- 

 liam Hamilton and Professor Haughton ; in the sciences of observation 

 and experiment, from Dr. Lloyd, Professor Haughton, Professor Hen- 

 nessy. Professor Sullivan, and Dr. Kinahan ; in Polite Literature and 

 Antiquities, from the President, Dr. Todd, Dr. Eeeves, Mr. Hardinge, 

 Mr. Du Noyer, and (through Dr. Aquilla Smith) from Mr. Eichard 

 Sainthill. 



During the past year, all the printed books and manuscripts in the 

 Library have been carefully examined by the Librarian, various im- 

 provements made in their arrangement, and a catalogue completed, in- 

 cluding every printed book in the library on the 31st of December, 

 1861 ; distinguishing the donations of Mrs. Moore, and those of the late 

 W. E. Hudson, Esq. A catalogue has also been completed of the Aca- 

 demy's collection of pamphlets, with an index, which will much facilitate 

 reference. 



The library has received many valuable donations during the past 

 year ; among which should specially be mentioned thirty-five volumes of 

 the Ordnance Antiquarian Collections, presented by the Government. 

 The Master of the Eolls of England has also presented to the Academy 

 a complete series of the Chronicles and Calendars" published under his 

 direction. The Council have been fortunate enough to acquire by pur- 

 chase an excellent copy on vellum of the portions of the Book of Lis- 

 more, Avhich Avere requisite to complete the transcript of the other 

 portions of that volume made some years since for the Academy by Mr. 

 Curry. 



An index to Mr. Curry's Catalogue of the manuscripts has been com- 

 piled by Mr. D. H. Kelly, and presented by him to the library, where 

 it will be found of very great use. 



In order to make the manuscript collection really useful, not only 

 to members of the Academy, but to Celtic scholars generally, it is most 



