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the centre of one of the faces was also recorded. These bodies 

 were found in Alcyonella fungosa^ and in Lophopus crys- 

 tallina. 



The Secretary exhibited several donations of antiquities. 



February 11th, 1850. 



The REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D. D., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., was elected a Member of 

 the Academy. 



The Secretary read the following Report of the Council : 



" The attention of your Council has been recently directed to the 

 important object of organizing, under the auspices of the Academy, 

 a system of meteorological observations in Ireland, similar to those 

 now in operation in different parts of Germany ; and it becomes their 

 duty now to communicate to the Academy the views by which they 

 have been guided respecting it, and the steps which they have taken 

 in consequence. 



"In that department of meteorology which relates to the geo- 

 graphical distribution of temperature, conclusions of great scientific 

 interest, and of much practical value, have been recently drawn 

 from the study of the varying position of the isothermal lines/rom 

 month to month. Every country in which science is cultivated 

 will be hereafter expected to contribute its own share to the full 

 elucidation of this subject. 



" In what may be called the dynamics of meteorology, on the 

 other hand, there are numerous, — and among them, perhaps, some 

 of the most interesting problems of the science, — which can be 

 solved only by means of observations made over a large area, and 

 upon a common plan. Of these it is sufficient to refer to the various 



