Report of the council at the opening of the nineteenth session

Abstract

The Council, with much confidence, renew on this, the commencement of the nineteenth session of the Society, the congratulations offered to the members on many similar occasions. Taking an active and useful part in the promotion of social science, and in increasing its communication with like other kindred associations in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, this Society continues to demote itself particularly to the investigations of social questions connected with Ireland, and to the development in this country of a taste for information of a character no less useful than practical. With its finances in a satisfactory condition, its roll of members yearly increasing in number ? the information contained in the publications of the Society thus disseminated more widely, throughout the country districts especially ? its meetings well attended, and the discussions carried on with temper and moderation, the Society happily presents in its continuing prosperity the evidence of its recognized utility.