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Royal Irish Academy. 
Whereupon it was moved by Master Pigot, seconded by tbe 
Eight Rev. Dr. Eeeves^ Bishop of Down and Connor, and unanimously 
Resolved — ^'That the President and Treasurer be authorized to 
affix the Corporate Seal of the Academy to the Instrument, the draft 
of which is now submitted, transferring the Museum of the Academy 
to the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education." 
V Monday, November 10, 1890. 
Rev. De. Hatjghton, f.e.s., President, in the Chair. 
The President mentioned that the Instrument conveying the 
Museum of the Academy to the Science and Art Department had been 
sealed and signed by the President and Treasurer of the Academy on 
behalf of the Academy, and had also been sealed and signed on behalf 
of the Science and Art Department ; and that the Museum had been 
transferred to the Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 
The Rev. G. Salmon, d.d., Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 
moved, and the Very Rev. John O'Hanlon, p.p., seconded the follow- 
ing resolution : — 
" That the Royal Irish Academy desires to place on record its deep 
sense of the great loss which it has sustained by the decease of the 
Rev. J. A. Galbraith, m.a., s.f.t.c.d., who had been over forty-five 
years one of its Members, during which period he had served several 
times on its Council, and had been a frequent contributor of scientific 
papers to its Meetings. 
"The Academy tenders its sincerest sympathy to the members of 
his family in their bereavement." 
The Secretary read for Professor Morgan W. Crofton, f.e.s., a 
Paper " On Applications of Operative Symbols." 
The President exhibited and made some remarks on Two Meteoric 
Stones that fell in "Winnabayo County, Iowa, on the 2nd May, 1890. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 
to the Donors. 
