Minutes of Proceedings. 239' 



Monday, November 9, 1896. 



Eight Hon, The Eael of Rosse, k.p., f.e.s., President, in the 

 Chair (and afterwards Most Rev. Bishop Donnelly, d.d., Yice-President). 



Dr. R. F. Scharff read a Paper on " The Origin of the European 

 Pauna." 



Professor G. F. Fitz Gerald, f.r.s., read a Paper by Mr. Ralph 

 Cusack on '' The Melting Points of Minerals." 



A Paper by Sir Robert Ball, f.e.s., "Further Development of the 

 relations between Impulsive Screws and Instantaneous Screws ; being 

 the Eleventh Memoir on the Theory of Screws," was taken as read. 



Dr. "W. Frazer read a Paper on " Irish Gold." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



Monday, IS'ovembek 30, 1896. 



(Stated Meeting.) 



Right Hon. The Eakl of Rosse, k.p., f.e.s., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. John Ribton Garstin, m.a., b.d., f.s.a., was elected a Member 

 of Council in the room of Rev. Denis Murphy, s.j., deceased. 



Professor O'Reilly read a Paper " On the Orientation of the 

 Cromleachs of Mount Venus, Larch Hill, and Shankill, co. Dublin." 



Rev. "W. S. Green, m.a., read an account of the two Expeditions 

 made to Rockall in 1896. 



This was accompanied by the following supplemental Reports : 

 " On the Previous History of the Rock and Shoal," by Professor 

 Rupert Jones, f.e.s. ; " On the Petrology of the Rock," by Professor 

 J. "W. Judd, C.B., F.E.S. ; " On the Pebbles dredged near the Rock by 

 Professor Grenville A, J. Cole, f.g.s. ; " On the "Winds and Currents 

 in the neighbourhood of the Rock," by R. H. Scott, f.e.s. ; "On the 

 Surface Water near the Shoal," by H. Dickson ; " On the Birds," by 

 J. Harvie Brown, f.z.s. ; and R. M. Barrington, il.b., f.l.s. ; "On 

 the Mollusca," by A. R. Nichols ; " On the Crustacea," by W. T. 

 Caiman and Dr. E. P. "Wright; "On the Annelids," by Professor 

 M'Intosh, f.e.s. ; "On the Echinoderms," by Percy Sladen ; " On the 

 Polyzoa, Actinozoa, and Hydrozoa," by Miss Thornley and Professor 

 A. C. Haddon, d.sc. ; " On the Sponges," by Dr. Lindenfeld. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



