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Appendix, 
Report. 
Since the date of our last Annual Eeport, Vol. I., Part III. of the 
New Series of the Proceedings of the Academy has been completed and 
issued to Members. Part IV. is ready for issue, and Part V. is in the 
press. 
The following papers for the Transactions" are also in the press, 
and will soon appear : 
In Science— 
1. "On Muscular Anomalies in Human Anatomy.'^ By Professor 
Macalister. 
2. ''Account of Experiments on the Retardation experienced by 
Vortex Rings of Air, when moving through the Air.'* By Professor 
R. S. Ball. 
3. *'A Geometrical Study of the Kinematics, Equilibrium, and 
small Oscillations of a Rigid Body.'^ By Professor R. S. Ball. 
And, in Polite Literature and Antiquities — 
1. "On an Ancient Chalice and Brooch lately found at Ardagh, in 
the county of Limerick." By the late Earl of Dunraven. 
2. "On the Eelire of Oengus." By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. 
Papers have been read before the Academy during the year : 
In the department of Science — By the President ; by R. S. Ball, 
LL. D. ; Mr. C. R. C. Tichborne; Mr. G. J. Stouey ; J. M. Purser, M. B. ; 
Thomas Hayden, M. D. ; Professor Hennessy ; W. K. Sullivan, Ph. D. ; 
G. Sigerson, M. D.; Mr. Michael Donovan; Mr. G. H. Kinahan ; Pro- 
fessor J. P. O'Reilly ; Principal Dawson ; and Professor King, 
In the department of Polite Literature and Antiquities — By the 
Rev. "W. Reeves, D. D. ; Samuel Ferguson, LL. D. ; Eugene A. Con- 
well, LL. D. ; Whitley Stokes, LL. D. ; the Rev. J. O'Hanion ; William 
Erazer, M. D. ; Mr. Valentine Ball ; Mr. Brian O'Looney ; Mr. G. H. 
Kinahan ; Mr. Hodder M. Westropp ; and Mr. Hyde Clarke. 
The transfer of the collection of Antiquities to their new places of 
deposit in the Long Room has been continued during the year, and is 
still in progress. The original classification has been preserved, and 
the objects placed — so far as was practicable — in the same order and 
sequence as in the old Museum. The details of the operation are 
recorded in books drawn up on a uniform plan, by which each object 
described in the Catalogue may be found in its new place of deposit, 
and the description of each object so deposited may be found in the 
Catalogue. The Stone Collection (with some trifling exceptions) has 
been placed, and considerable progress has been made in the deposit of 
the objects of clay and wood. The limited space at our disposal has 
rendered it necessary to enlarge several of the presses, and to furnish all 
with new fittings — an operation which has occupied much time, and 
retarded the completion of the transfer. 
The Ardagh Chalice and Brooches, which, by the kindness of the 
Right Rev. Bishop Butler and the late Earl of Dunraven, had been for 
