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The ballot for Officers was then opened, during which the Chairman 

 called on Dr. Kinahan (in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Andrews, 

 Honorary Secretary) for the 



ANNUAL REPOET. 



Gentlemen, — Your Council, in laying before you this, the seven- 

 teenth Annual Report, have to congratulate you on the steady progress 

 of your Society during the past year, as evidenced both by the accession 

 of new members, and the valuable communications read at the meet- 

 ings. During the past Session the folloAving papers were read, the ma- 

 jority of which appear in extenso in the published Journal of the Society, 

 now ready for distribution among the Members : — 



In Zoology — " On Enterolithes," and " On Malignant Disease of the 

 Bones in the Ked Deer," Professor E.W. Smith ; '* On the Genus Skua," 

 Dr.Farran; "On the Occurrence of the Common Bittern in the Co.Carlow,'* 

 and " On Lepidoptera injurious to Granaries," James Haughton, Jun., 

 Esq. ; *' On the Occurrence of the Egyptian Goose" ( Chenalopex vulgaris) ; 

 "On Edgemoulting," and "On Albinos," R. J. Montgomery, Esq. ; 

 "Rare Birds obtained in the Co. Louth," Lord Clermont (communi- 

 cated); "On Change of Colour in Common Eowl," R. P. Williams, Esq. ; 

 " On Occurrence of Thecla hetulce and Gonypteryx Rhamni, in Kerry," 

 William Andrews, Esq. ; " On Migration of Birds," Dr. Kinahan. 



In Botany — " On Asplenium fallax of Lowe," and " On the Fungi 

 of the West Coast of Ireland" (two papers), W. Andrews, Esq. ; "On 

 the Natural Affinities of Botrychium and Ophioglossum," and " On 

 Botrychium lunaria and its Varieties," Dr. J. R. Kinahan ; "On Sa- 

 prolegniaferoxj and Disease caused thereby among Goldfish in Vivaria," 

 Dr. Erazer. 



In Mineralogy — " On the Analysis of Spodumene and Killinite," 

 Rev. Professors Haughton and Galbraith. 



The donations to your Library and Museum have been numerous. 

 Among those to the latter may be particularly noted fine Irish specimens 

 of the Egyptian goose, from Lord Clermont; and of the blackcap warbler, 

 brambHng, and common crossbill, from Edward Dombrain, Esq. 



Many new members have been added to your Society during the 

 past year, and several of the former members have rejoined, whilst but 

 one member has retired. 



At the ordinary meeting held in January, 1856, your Society, at the 

 recommendation of CouncU, determined to hold a number of extra 

 meetings, of a more popular character than the ordinary meetings, 

 to which ladies should be admissible. Accordingly, three were held, 

 and the following papers read : — On April 23rd, ' ' On the Ferns of Ireland, 

 their Distribution and Mode of Cultivation," William Andrews, Esq.; 

 on May 21st, "On the Crustacea podophthalma of Ireland, their Habits 

 and Metamorphoses," Dr. Kinahan; and on June 25th, "On theMollusca 

 of Ireland," Dr. Farran. These meetings were numerously attended. 



