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Royal Irish Academy. 
Monday, jANUAur 23, 1888. 
Rev. De. Hatjghton, f.e.s., President, in the Chair. 
Eev. Dr. Gwynn read a Paper "On a Syriac MS. of the Kew 
Testament in the Library of the Earl of Crawford." 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 
to the Donors. 
The following Science Grants, recommended by the Council, were 
confirmed : — 
£10 to Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger, for the investigation of the Post- 
tertiary Estuarine Deposits of the N^orth of Ireland. 
£20 to Mr. W. J. Knowles, to investigate the Prehistoric Remains 
of the Sand Hills of the Coast of the Northern Counties. 
£15 (additional) to Professor O'Reilly, for investigating the 
Chemical Constitution of the Cambrian Rocks of Bray. 
Read Letter from the Rector of the University of Bologna, asking 
the Academy to send a Representative to be present at the celebra- 
tion of the completion of the Eighth Century of the University's 
existence. 
It was proposed by the Rev. J. H. Jellett, d.d., Provost of Trinity 
College, Dublin, seconded by Mr. J. T. Gilbert, and resolved — 
" That the President be requested to act as Representative of the 
Royal Irish Academy at the celebration of the completion of the 
Eighth Century of the existence of the University of Bologna." 
Mr. J. T. Gilbert moved and Mr. W. J. Doherty seconded the 
following, which was passed : — 
" That, as the Pour Volumes in the Irish Language, issued by the 
Academy, are not accompanied by English versions, and as their con- 
tents are consequently unavailable to the public, the Council be 
recommended to consider the matter, and report to the Academy, at 
its next Stated Meeting, on the practicability of procuring and 
publishing translations of these books by means of the £400 voted 
annually to the Academy by the House of Commons for works on 
Irish MSS. ; and also whether, for this object, allocations could be 
made from the interest of the Cunningham Eund, now at the disposal 
of the Academy." 
