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Appendix. 
Academy, been translated into Irish, for circulation in those districts 
of the country where that language is spoken. 
Ihe Collection of Books on Entomology bequeathed to the Academy 
by the late Alexander H. Haliday has been received, and placed in the 
Library. A catalogue of the collection has been prepared, and is now 
being printed. 
The arrangement for keeping the Reading-room and Library open 
till 5.30 p.m. has been continued, and all possible facilities are afforded 
for consulting works in the Library. 
The cataloguing of our Irish Manuscripts has been continued, and 
has now come down as far as the Hudson Collection. 
In the lithographing of Leabhar Breac much progress has been 
made, and we have the gratification of now laying before the Academy 
a copy of nearly one-half of the entire of this fine Manuscript, which, 
in respect of accuracy and style of execution— notwithstanding the 
extreme intricacies of portions of the original— -will, we believe, be 
found to sustain the reputation of Mr. O'Longan, by whom the text 
has been reproduced, and of our fellow-member, Mr. O'Looney, by 
whom it has been collated. It is intended that this first half of Leab- 
har Breac shall be issued to subscribers as soon as possible ; and we 
hope that, at the date of our next Eeport, the second and concluding 
part will be far advanced towards completion. The publication for the 
first time of this ancient Manuscript in its integrity cannot fail to be 
productive of valuable results in the promotion, at home and abroad, of 
the study of our national language and history. The volume, too, it 
may be observed, will be interesting in relation to other than purely 
Celtic matters : several curious pieces will be found in it, written in 
intermixed Latin and Irish, referring to early Christian history and 
kindred subjects. 
We have received an important contribution to Irish archaeological 
and linguistic studies from Whitley Stokes, LL. D., in his triple-text 
edition of the "Felire of Oengus Cele De," now in process of printing 
for the Transactions. We have also to announce the production of a 
complete translation of " Leabhar na-h-Uidhri," by Mr. O'Looney, 
which that gentleman has liberally ofi'ered to the Academy for publi- 
cation. 
We have added a number of Societies in Europe and America to 
the list of learned Bodies with which we exchange Transactions. 
It having become necessary to reprint the By-Laws, and several 
changes therein being desirable, the Council, deeming the opportunity 
favourable, appointed a Committee to prepare the draft of a revised 
edition of the By-Laws, and the result of their labours will soon be 
laid before you. 
Out of the sum of £200 annually placed at the disposal of the 
Academy, for the assistance of Scientific Researches involving expendi- 
ture for instruments or materials, the Council have made the following 
grants, which have been confirmed by the Academy, viz. : 
To Mr. C. R. C. Tichborne, for Researches on the Dissociation 
