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The Chairman reterred to the glacial action in the 

 neighbourhood of Killiney Hills, which extended a con- 

 siderable distance into Wicklow. On visiting the Seven 

 Churches he had been surprised to find so many evidences 

 of glacial action. All persons who visited the district, 

 whether geologists or not, were struck with the immense 

 number of large boulder stones — blocks of granite lying 

 on the surface of the ground, though there was not a 

 single mountain near. 



Mr. Aecher thought it more probable that these blocks 

 had been deposited by drift ice or icebergs, than by. 

 glaciers. The effects to which he had referred were 

 distinctly those of glaciers. 



This terminated the business of the ordinary meeting. 



An EXTRAORDINARY MEETING was then held, to 

 consider the expediency of continuing the payment of ten 

 guineas a-year for official reports of the Society. It came 

 before the meeting as a recommendation from the Council. 

 Several members spoke in the highest terms of the 

 success of the experiment, and the manner in which the 

 reports had appeared, applauding both the medium of 

 publication, and those who were instrumental in producing 

 the reports. The motion was carried by sixteen to one. 



