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Observations for the United Kingdom. If such a system were fully car- 

 ried out for Ireland, it would not be necessary for the Academy to take 

 any further steps for the purpose ; but the sum of £200, named in the 

 Eeport of the Parliamentary Committee, would still be necessary for 

 other scientific researches, which individuals cannot be expected to un- 

 dertake. 



TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 



The sum of £200 recommended by the Parliamentary Committee, 

 under head No. 5, for Printing and Illustrating the " Transactions" and 

 " Proceedings" is urgently required. The knowledge of the smallness 

 of the funds now available for these purposes prevents persons from 

 bringing forward Papers ; and valuable communications are, for this 

 reason, either not produced at all, or presented to learned Societies 

 elsewhere. In the latter case, this country loses the advantage which, 

 if they were read and published here, would be derived from the encou- 

 ragement of a local interest in literary and scientific research. A spe- 

 cial difficulty exists with respect to the publication of Papers on Natural 

 Science and on Archaeology, arising from the expense attending the ne- 

 cessary illustrations. 



The foregoing details show that the £800 per annum, yet ungranted, 

 of the sum recommended by the Select Committee, is required for car- 

 rying on the ordinary work of the Academy, and that further Special 

 Grants are necessary for the objects above enumerated; namely, the 

 preparation and printing of Catalogues of the Museum and Library, and 

 the Publication of our most important Irish Manuscripts. 



Talbot de Mala hide, 

 President. 



The following papers were read : — 



On the Eudiments of the Common Law discoverable in the pub- 

 lished part of the Senchus Mor ; by Samuel Ferguson, LL.D. 

 On Bicircular Quartics ; by John Casey, A.B. 

 Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



February 25, 1867. 

 W. K. Sullivan, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : — 



On the Life and Labours of the late John D' Alton, Esq. ; by J. E. 

 O'Flanagan, Esq. 



On Transcripts of two Irish MSS. in the handwriting of Duald 

 Mac Firbis ; by D. H. Kelly, Esq. 



Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



