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The following letter was read :— 



"Dublin Castle, January 22, 1867. 

 " Sir, — Eef erring to the Royal Irish Academy Estimates for the 

 year 1867-8, transmitted in your letter of the 4th ult., I am directed 

 by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, for the information of the Pre- 

 sident and Council of the Academy, that a communication has been 

 received from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, 

 stating that their Lordships are pleased to approve of an Estimate of 

 £700 for this service — being the same amount as that taken last 

 year — but they are not prepared to sanction the other items, amount- 

 ing to £800, which are inserted at foot of the Estimate. 



' 1 1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant, 

 " Thomas A. Larcom. 



" To the Eev. Joseph Carson, D. D., 

 " Treasurer, Royal Irish Academy" 



The following resolution was agreed to : — 



That it be recommended to Council to take such prompt measures 

 as they may deem advisable to bring effectively under the notice of the 

 House of Commons the pressing need of the Eoyal Irish Academy for 

 an additional Annual Grant, which, to the extent of £800, was recom- 

 mended by the Parliamentary Committee on Scientific Institutions in 

 Dublin, and recently approved of by His Excellency the Lord Lieu- 

 tenant. 



A paper " On the Forms of Ordeal anciently practised in Ireland" 

 was read by William M. Hennessy, Esq. 



Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



February 11, 1867. 



The Eight Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide, President, in the Chair. 



George Ellis, Esq., M. B. ; John Hill, Esq., C. E., and Marcus 

 Keane, Esq., were elected Members of the Academy. 

 The following document was read : — 



Statement oe the Requirements of the Eoyal Irish Academy, 

 adopted by the council, february 18, 1867. 



The Eoyal Irish Academy was chartered in 1786, for the promotion of 

 the higher branches of Science, Polite Literature, and Antiquities, 

 in Ireland- It has long received Parliamentary aid towards carrying 

 out the objects of its fourdation. As it advanced in importance, and 

 extended its sphere of action, the Annual Grant of £500 became alto- 

 gether inadequate ; and its insufficiency was recognised by the Select 

 Committee of the House of Commons in 1864, on the Scientific Insti- 

 tutions of Dublin. That Committee strongly recommended the Academy 



