PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 
1837—1838. No. 8, 
December 11, 1837. 
Rey. F. SADLEIR, D. D., Provost, T. C. D., Vice-Presi- 
dent, in the Chair. 
Tue Academy having proceeded to ballot for a President, 
Srr Wititiam Rowan Hamitton was duly elected. 
The Academy having proceeded to ballot for a Member 
of Council in the Committee of Polite Literature, the Rev. 
Charles Wm. Wall, D. D. was elected. 
The Very Rev. James Gregory, Dean of Kildare, John 
Finlay, Esq. Barrister, Samson Carter, Esq., and George 
Pim, Esq. were elected Members of the Academy. 
Adjourned to Monday, January 8th, 1838. 
DONATIONS. 
Ricerche sulla Strutiura del caule nelle Piante Monoco- 
tiledont di Guiseppe Meneghini. Presented by Samuel 
Litton, M. D., Vice-President. 
Astronomische Nachrichten, herausgegeben von H. C. 
Schumacher. Vierzehnter Band. From No. 327 to 336, 
inclusive. Presented by Professor Schumacher. 
_ On the Elements of the Orbit of Halley's Comet, at its 
Appearance in the Years 1835 and 1836. By Lieutenant 
W.S. Stratford, R. N. (From the Nautical Almanac for 
1839.) Presented by the Author. 
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