228 A HISTORY OF 



vacant post of assistant secretary; Thomas Lysaght, 

 registrar and collector ; and Dr. John Lanigan, assistant 

 librarian and translator, at a salary of £ 150 a year. 



In February 1 810, so as to give additional solemnity 

 to the formal introduction of members, it was resolved 

 that on a new member taking his place, the name in 

 writing was to be delivered to the chairman, who would 

 desire him to be presented to the chair by a member. 

 The chairman would then announce the new member, 

 who was to be seated at his right hand. Count de 

 Salis was the first member who was formally introduced 

 and took his seat in this way. On 7 th March 181 1, 

 John Comerford, Dame street, miniature painter, who 

 had been proposed as an ordinary member, and taken 

 down, to be proposed as an honorary member, was 

 rejected as such. He had been proposed by Lord 

 Frankfort, vice-president. 



At the end of vol. xlvii. of the printed Proceedings 

 will be found an analysis, by Professor William Higgins, 

 of the meteoric stone which fell on the property of 

 Maurice Crosbie Moore, of Mooresfort, co. Tipperary, 

 in August 1 8 10. 



The Proceedings of the Society having become 

 voluminous, and it being difficult to refer to particulars, 

 Mr. Wilson was directed to compile a general index 

 to the first fifty volumes, which was completed in July 

 1 8 14. Seven hundred and fifty copies were printed, 

 and Mr. Wilson was paid one hundred guineas for 

 his labours. 



About 1 8 12, and for some time previously, Mr. 

 Jeremiah D'Olier was a constant attendant, and fre- 

 quently occupied the chair. The Rev. Dr. Beaufort, 

 Dr. Harty, Richard Griffith, Dr. Wade, Sir Robert 

 Langrishe, Major Sirr, Alderman Exshaw, Dr. T. H. 

 Orpen, and Messrs. Samuel Guinness, Austin Cooper, 



