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 | | Much discussion followed, and a royal commission was appointed in 1863 ``to inquire into the present position of the Royal Academy in relation to the fine arts, and into the circumstances and conditions under which it occupies a portion of the National Gallery, andc. |
 | | The principal executive officers of the Academy are the president, the keeper, the treasurer, the librarian and the secretary, all now elected by the general assembly, subject to the approval of the sovereign. |
 | | Academy Schools.--One of the most important functions of the Royal Academy, and one which for nearly a century it discharged alone, was the instruction of students in art. |
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