480 



" In furtherance of the views expressed in this Report, your 

 Council have agreed to the following resolutions : 



"1. That an application be made to the Board of Trinity Col- 

 lege, to the Earl of Rosse, to the Rev. Dr. Robinson, to Mr. Cooper, 

 to the Presidents of the Queen's Colleges at Cork, Belfast, and 

 Galway, and to the Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works, 

 requesting their co-operation. 



" 2. That an application be made to the Lords of the Treasury, 

 to request that they will direct the meteorological and tidal obser- 

 vations, referred to in the Report of the Committee of Science of the 

 7th January, to be made by the officers of the coast guard, at not 

 less than fifteen stations round the coast of Ireland, for at least one 

 year, the Academy undertaking to furnish the instruments and in- 

 structions for their use. 



" 3. That the Committee of Science be authorized to procure 

 estimates for the cost of the instruments required, to be laid before 

 the Council at a future meeting." 



On the recommendation of the Council it was 

 Resolved, — That the sum of £150 be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Council for the purposes stated in the Report. 



The Secretary read a note from R. J. Graves, Esq., M. D., 

 announcing the invention of a method by which he proposed 

 to prevent the waste of water by evaporation from tanks and 

 reservoirs, in hot climates. 



Mr. George Yeates presented the results of his Meteoro- 

 logical Observations for the year 1849. — (See Appendix, 

 No. VI.) 



Mr. M. Donovan read a biographical memoir of the late 

 Richard Kirwan, Esq., LL. D., formerly President of the Aca- 

 demy. 



