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President, Dr. Petrie, with a view to its being deposited in the Museum 

 of the Academy. They have also, in compliance with a request from 

 the Council, made through his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, au- 

 thorized the purchase of the well-known specimen of ancient Irish 

 art, called the " Tara Brooch," which is also to be deposited in our 

 Museum. 



Within the past year the following papers have been printed in 

 the " Transactions" of the Academy : — 



In the Department of Science — 



" On the Temperature of the Lower Regions of the Earth's At- 

 mosphere." By Professor Hennessy, E. R. S. 



In the Department of Polite Literature — 



" On the Rudiments of the Common Law discoverable in the 

 published part of the Senchus Mor." By Samuel Ferguson, LL. D. 



The paper by the Lord Bishop of Limerick, "On a Previously TTn- 

 described Class of Monuments," which was printed at the date of the 

 last Report, has, since then, been issued. 



Of the "Proceedings," the 1st and 2nd Parts ofYol. X. have 

 appeared in the course of the past year. The latter Part will contain 

 abstracts of all papers read before the Academy up to the 10th of 

 Eebruary last. 



The Council have decided to commence the publication, in a size 

 and type uniform with those of the "Proceedings," of a series to be 

 composed of papers presented to the Academy on Irish Manuscript 

 texts and lexicography. It is believed that the volumes of this series 

 will find a considerable number of purchasers amongst that part of the 

 general public who are interested in ancient Irish literature. Two 

 papers of this new series are already in type, viz. : — 



1. "Some account of the Irish MS. deposited by the President 

 De Robieu, in the Public Library at Rennes." By Rev. J. H. Todd, 

 D.D. 



2. "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Contents of the Irish MS., 

 commonly called the Book of Eermoy." By Rev. J. H. Todd, D.D. 



Papers were brought before the Academy during the past year : — 



In Science — By Mr. W. Andrews ; Professor Hennessy, E. R. S. ; 

 Professor "W". King ; Mr. W. H. O'Leary; Mr. W. Ogilby; G. Siger- 

 son, M.D. ; Mr. A. Macalister; Rev. W. G. Penny, M. A. ; and E. 

 Perceval Wright, M. D. 



In Polite Literature— By Rev. J. H. Todd, D. D. ; Mr. P. W. 

 Joyce ; and M. Henri Gaidoz. 



In Antiquities — By Mr. H. M. Westropp ; Mr. J. Huband Smith ; 

 Hyde Clark, D. 0. L. ; Colonel Meadows Taylor ; Mr. Richard R. Brash ; 

 Mr. S. Wood ; Mr. G. Y. Da Noyer ; and W. Erazer, M.D. 



