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During the past year the following new members have been 

 elected : — 



John Barker, M. D. Robert Ross, of Bladensburg. 



William Kelly, M. D. Catterson Smith, Esq. 



Francis Codd, Esq. Joseph Napier Higgins, Esq. 



Rev. Johnston Brydges Sayers. Joseph Dickinson, M. D. 



Vincent Scully, Esq., Q. C. Joseph Beete Jukes, A. M. 



Robert D. Lyons, M. B. Thomas Tear Kelly, Esq. 



Ven. Marcus Gervais Beresford, George Roe, Esq. 



Archdeacon of Ardagh. John Edward Pigot, Esq. 



Christopher Fleming, M.D. Mons. Amadil De la Ponce. 

 Thomas Hone, Esq. 



The following have been removed by death : — 



Ordinary Members. 

 John Cash, Esq. 

 Andrew Carmichael, Esq. 



Rev. Franc Sadleir, D. D. (late Provost of Trinity Col- 

 lege, Dublin). 



Honorary Members. 

 Heinrich Christian Schumacher. 

 Sir Charles Konig. 

 Thomas Moore, Esq. 



fourth report op the committee of science relative to the 



meteorological and tidal observations. 



[Received by the Council, March 13, 1852.] 



The Meteorological and Tidal Observations, under the superin- 

 tendence of the Officers of the Coast Guard, being now completed, 

 the Committee of Science deem it their duty to lay before the Coun- 

 cil a brief account of the progress of the undertaking, from the pe- 

 riod of their last Report to the present time. 



In the course of the summer of 1851 all the stations were visited, 

 for the second time, by Dr. Lloyd, Professor Haughton, and Mr. 

 Galbraith. The result of this visit was in the highest degree satis- 

 factory. The instruments were, with few exceptions, in perfect or- 



