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with Dr. 0' Donovan, in deciphering, transcribing, and translating the 

 MSS. of the Brehon Laws, ander the superintendence of the Commission 

 for the publication of the ancient laws and institutes of Ireland. 



3. Dr. John E. Kinahan was Professor of Natural History in the De- 

 partment of Science and Art. He was the author of a great number of 

 memoirs on zoological subjects, communicated to the JSTatural History, 

 and other kindred Societies, of Dublin. He published in the Transac- 

 tions of the Academy papers *'0n the Genus Oldhamia (Forbes): its 

 character, probable affinities, modes of occurrence, &c.," printed in 

 vol. xxiii. ; and *'0n the British Species of Crangon and Galathea," in 

 vol. xxxiv. To our Proceedings he contributed papers On a Pro- 

 posed Scheme for a Uniform mode of ^Taming Type-divisions ;" and A 

 Synopsis of the Families Crangonidso and Galatheidse which inhabit the 



' seas around the British Isles." 



4. The Eev. Charles William Wall, D. D., was Vice-Provost of 

 Trinity College, Dublin, and had formerly held the Professorship of 

 Oriental Languages in the TJni^versity. He was author of " An Ex- 

 amination of the Ancient Orthography of the Jews, and the Original 

 State of the Text of the Hebrew Bible," the first volume of which ap- 

 peared in 1835. Four other volumes have since appeared, the last of 

 which, published in 1857, is entitled Proofs of the Interpolation of the 

 Vowel Letters in the Text of the Hebrew Bible." For this work one 

 of the Cunningham medals of the Academy was awarded him in the 

 year 1858. He contributed to our Transactions ''An Essay on the 

 ISTature, Age, and Origin of the Sanscrit Writing and Language," printed 

 in vol. xxviii., and a paper " On the Different Kinds of Cuneiform 

 Writing in the Triple Inscriptions of the Persians, and on the Language 

 transmitted through the First Kind," printed in vol. xxi. 



5. Mr. George Yeates was well known as an optician and manufacturer 

 of scientific instruments. He contributed to our " Proceedings" records 

 of meteorological observations made by him during the years 1843- 



Ten members have been elected during the past year, viz. : — . 



3. Christ. Coppinger, Esq., Q. C. 8. Thomas Eichardson, M. D. 

 ^°4. J. Eibton Garstin, Esq., M.A. 9. Captain Meadows Taylor. 

 5. P. Weston Joyce, Esq., B. A. 10. John Henry Tyrrell, M. D. 



Mr. G. V. Du N'oyer was declared a life member by the Academy. 



The ballots for the annual election of President, Council, and Officers, 

 having been scrutinized in the face of the Academy, the President re-' 

 ported that the following gentlemen were duly elected :- — 



President The Very Eev. Dean Graves, D. D. 



Council. — Eev. George Salmon, D. D. ; Eev. Samuel Haughton, M. D., 

 &c.; Eev.J.H. Jellett, A.M.; EobertW. Smith, M.D.; EobertM'Don- 



1849. 



^'1. Andrew Armstrong, Esq. 

 2. John Campbell, Esq., M.B. 



6, J. Stratford Kirwan, Esq. 



7. George Porte, Esq. 



