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In this list are to be found the names of several persons who practically 

 manifested a warm interest in the increase of our Museum. Lord Farn- 

 ham was an earnest student of Irish antiquities, and presented to us 

 many valuable articles from his private collection. Mr. West, it will 

 be remembered, was the donor of the electrotype model of the Shrine 

 of St. Molaise, the original of which has since become the property of 

 the Academy. General Sir Harry Jones was always ready to use the 

 influence of his official position to secure for our Muse am, such objects 

 of interest as were brought to light by the operations of the Board of 

 Works or the Shannon Commission. But of all the Members whom the 

 Academy has lost during the year, there is none to whom our grateful 

 acknowledgments are due in the same degree as to George Victor Du 

 Noyer. After the graceful and touching notice which we have had of 

 him from the pen of one of his most intimate friends, it is not necessary 

 here to describe the incidents of his career, or to dwell on the features 

 of his character. Competent judges have borne testimony to the value 

 of his official labours, and to his remarkable powers in the artistic treat- 

 ment of geological scenery. But we cannot soon forget in this Academy 

 the assiduity with which he applied his pencil to the illustration of our 

 national antiquities, and the liberality with which he presented to us 

 the fruits of his skill and his industry. He has left a permanent memo- 

 rial of himself in the eleven folio volumes in our Library, which are 

 filled with sketches, from his hand, of Irish architectural and monumental 

 antiquities. The Academy showed its sense of the value of these gifts, 

 by electing him a Life Member ; and, since his death, it has publicly ex- 

 pressed the desire, in which the Council cordially unite, that the Govern- 

 ment, in recognition of his various services to the public, would make a 

 suitable provision for his bereaved family. 



The following Ordinary Members have been elected since the 16th of 

 March, 1868:— 



1. James Little, M.D. ; April 27, 1868. 



2. Wm. Mac Cormac, M.D. ; February 8, 1869. 



3. Yery Rev. Patrick F. Moran, D.D. ; February 8, 1869. 



The following President, Council, and Officers were elected for the 

 year 1869-70 :— 



Peesident. 



The Eight Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide, F.E.S. 

 Council. 



Committee of Science. 



W. K. SuUivan, Ph. D. 



Eev. George Salmon, D.D., F.E.S. 



Henry Hennessy, F.E.S. 



