Minutes of Proceedings. 237 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. H. H. Dixon, b.a., read a 

 Paper on " The Osmotic Pressures in the Cells of Leaves." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



The following Science Grants, recommended by the Council, were 

 sanctioned by the Academy : — 



£40 to a Committee, consisting of Dr. R. P. Scharlt, Dr. E. J. 

 McWeeney, Professor T. Johnson, Messrs. E. L. Praeger, Gr. Pim, 

 O. H. Carpenter, P. W. Moore, A. R. Nichols, G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton, R, J. TJssher, and D. Mc Ardle, to assist them in continuing 

 their Researches into the Fauna and Elora of Ireland. 



£25 to a Committee consisting of Rev. Dr. Haughton, Professor 

 D. J. Cunningham, Professor A. C. Haddon, and Dr. C- R. Browne, to 

 assist them in carrying on the work of the Anthropometrical Labora- 

 tory, and the Ethnographical Survey of the remote districts of Ireland. 



£20 [as a supplemental Grant] to a Committee consisting of Mr. 

 R. M. Barrington, Professor A. C. Haddon, Rev. W. S. Green, Mr. 

 R, LI. Praeger, and Professor E. P. "Wright, to assist them in investi- 

 gating the Zoology, Botany, and Geology of the Island of Rockall, 

 and to dredge in its vicinity. 



£10 to a Committee consisting of Messrs. W. J. Knowles, R. LI. 

 Praeger, "W. H. Patterson, and P. J. Bigger, to assist them in investi- 

 gating the Prehistoric remains in the neighbourhood of Roundstone, 

 and on the sea-shore along Mannin and Ballyconneely Bays. 



£5 to Professor G. E. Eitz Gerald, and Mr. E. Cullum, to assist 

 them in carrying on a series of Magnetic Observations at Valentia. 



The Treasurer, in accordance with By-law 3, Chapter III., read 

 a List of Members in arrear. 



Count Plunkett handed in the following Notice of Motion for the 

 next meeting of the Academy : — 



" To move that : Inasmuch as it is inexpedient that the Academy 

 should commit itself to certain expressions of opinion contained in 

 pages 3 and 4 of the Preface to the Yellow Book of Lecan, Dr. 

 Atkinson be requested to cancel these passages. 



" Geoege Noble Plunkett." 



