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In Antiquities: 



Captain Meadows Taylor's paper " On the Cromlechs and other 

 Antiquarian Eemains in the Dekhan," has been in part printed, 

 and the illustrations are in preparation. 



Many interesting communications have been read before the Aca- 

 demy, abstracts of which have appeared, or will soon appear, in the 

 Proceedings." We have received papers in Mathematics from Sir 

 William E.. Hamilton ; in the sciences of observation and experiment 

 from Eev. Dr. Lloyd, Mr. Bindon E. Stoney, Eev. Professor Jellett, 

 Mr. Jukes, Mr. F. J. Poot, Eev. Professor Haughton, Dr. Eobert 

 MacDonnell, Mr. Clibborn, Lieutenant J. Haughton, E. N., and Dr. 

 Fleetwood Churchill, jun. : in Polite Literature and Antiquities, from 

 the Very Eev. the President, Eev. Dr. Todd, Eev. Dr. Eeeves, Mr. 

 Hardinge, Mr. Wilde, Dr. Madden, Mr. McCarthy, Captain Meadows 

 Taylor, Dr. William Bell, and Mr. Hodder M. Westropp. 



To the Academy's Library several valuable presentations have been 

 made during the past year, amongst which may be specially mentioned 

 those from the Eight Hon. Sir John Eomilly, Master ot the Eolls 

 in England ; and from his Eminence, Cardinal Antonelli — the latter 

 through our late President, the Eev. J. H. Todd. 



Some small but very valuable additions have been made to the Aca- 

 demy's collection of Irish history in manuscript and print. We have 

 expended as much as the means at our disposal permitted in the execu- 

 tion of binding, which had fallen into arrear ; and various impi^ovements 

 connected with the arrangements of the Library have been effected by 

 the Librarian. 



The Academy's collection of antiquities has been increased during 

 the past year by the addition of 910 articles; of which 20 were ob- 

 tained by purchase, 683 by presentation, and 207 under the Treasure 

 Trove regulations. The Academy is indebted to Lord Famham for a 

 large collection of antiquities found in the Tonymore Crannoge, in 

 the county of Cavan, which his lordship recently explored. We are 

 also under obligations to the Commissioners of Public Works for several 

 interesting articles, contributed to our Museum. We have been fortu- 

 nate enough to procure, through Mr. Wilde, the very ancient short cro- 

 zier of St. Barry, of Termonbarry, in the county of Eoscommon, com- 

 monly known as the Gearr-Barry. 



In compliance with a request received from the Science and Art 

 Department of the Committee of Council on Education, the Academy 

 lent for exhibition in the South Kensington Museum, a number of se- 

 lect specimens of early Irish art. All of these have since been safely 

 returned. 



A considerable number of copies of the Catalogue of the Museum 

 have been sold within the year. Twenty woodcuts have been exe- 

 cuted during the past year, making up a total number of eighty-two 

 woodcuts, illustrative of the articles of silver and iron in the Museum, 

 which have been paid for out of the Catalogue fund. 



There remains in favour of that fund a balance of £ 1 1 1 2s, 3d. 



