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in the county of Limerick. It is hoped these admirable specimens of 

 ancient Irish art will ere long find a permanent place in our National 

 Museum. 



In testimony of gratitude for the noble gift of the Haliday Library, 

 the Council, acting on a resolution of the Academy, have had a portrait 

 of Mr. Haliday executed by Mr. Catterson Smith, as a lasting memorial 

 of the liberality and public spirit exhibited in the presentation to the 

 Academy of that valuable collection. 



Appended to this Eeport will be found a detailed statement of the 

 income and expenditure of the Academy for so much of the financial 

 year as has already elapsed. It will appear from this statement that we 

 have funds adequate to discharge all liabilities already incurred, and that 

 there remains a balance sufficient to meet expenditure up to the end of 

 the present month. 



The Treasurer has called the attention of the Council to the circum- 

 stance that the interest of the Cunningham Fund continues to be 

 annually applied to the increase of our stock, and that no successful 

 scheme has been devised for its appropriation to the encouragement of 

 learning, by offering prizes for essays, or bestowing rewards on deserv- 

 ing authors. We agree with him in thinking that the Council should 

 take into consideration the question how the interest of the fund can 

 best be applied for its legitimate objects, and we recommend the subject 

 to the attention of our successors. 



The balance of the fund arising from sales of the Museum Catalogue, 

 on the 1st April, 1868, amounted to £39 5s. 7d., and the produce of those 

 sales during the past year, to £3 7s. Sd., making a total of £42 13s. 3d. 

 This money is, by a resolution of the Academy, appropriated to the 

 expenses attendant on a continuation of the Catalogue. As no progress 

 in this work requiring aid from the fund has been made for some time, 

 the Council have resolved that the amount accruing from the sales should 

 be invested from time to time in Bank of Ireland Stock, there to remain 

 available whenever any portion of it may be required for the purpose to 

 which it has been devoted. The sum in hand has accordingly been 

 invested. 



We have lost, by death, the following Members within the past 

 year : — 



1. Hon. Judge Berwick, elected 8th April, 1861. 



2. Geo. Y. Du Noyer, Esq. ; elected 24th August, 1857. 



3. Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ; elected 12th April, 1847. 



4. Baron Farnham, elected 11th November, 1844. 



5. Samuel L. Hardy, M.D. ; elected 8th February, 1858. 



6. Sir John Kingston James, Bart. ; elected 9th January, 1837. 



7. F. Thomas Jessop, Esq.; elected 30th November, 1835. 



8. General Sir H. D. Jones ; elected 14th January, 1839. 



9. Hon. Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee ; elected 11th April, 1864. 



10. Joseph M. O'Ferrall, M.D. ; elected 30th November, 1832. 



11. Thomas Richardson, M.D. ; elected 12th January, 1863, 



12. James West, Esq.; elected 11th February, 1856. 



