IRISH

ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Ar a General Meeting of the IRISH ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, held in the Board Room of the Royal Irish Academy, on Friday, the 19th day of December, 1845,

SIR LUCIUS O'BRIEN, BART., in the Chair,

The Secretary read the following REPORT from the Council:

"Atthe last General Meeting, held on the 10th of July, 1844, it was resolvedThat the President and Council now elected be empowered to continue in office until December, 1845, and that the Annual Meeting of the Society be held in future in that month; the day to be fixed by the Council.'

"The object of this resolution was to change the time of the Annual Meeting, which had hitherto been usually held in June or July, to a period of the year when a greater number of the Members of the Society were likely to be in Dublin. The Council have therefore retained their office longer than usual, in compliance with the wishes of the Society; and on now meeting you at this your fifth anniversary, they are happy to have it in their power to transfer to their successors the management of your affairs with every prospect of increased prosperity.

"Since the last General Meeting fifty-three new Members have been elected; whose names are as follows::