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And Part 1 of Yolume iv. in December, 1896, containing the 

 following Papers : — 



"Quaternion Invariants of Linear Vector Functions and Quaternion. 

 Determinants." By Charles J. Joly, m.a. 



" Prehistoric Cenotaphs," By George Coffey, b.e. 



" Heport upon the Eaised Beaches of the ]!Torth-east of Ireland, with 

 special reference to their Pauna." By E. Lloyd Praeger, b.e. 



"Magh Adhair, County Clare. The Place of Inauguration of the- 

 Dalcassian Kings." By Thomas Johnson Westropp, b.a. 



" On the Osmotic Pressure in the Cells of Leaves." By Henry H. 



Dixon, B.A. 

 "The Ethnography of Ballycroy, County Mayo." By Charles E. 



Browne, m.d. 

 "Additions to the Hepaticse of the Hill of Howth, with a Table 



showing the Geographical Distribution of all the Species known 



to grow there." By David McArdle. 



"A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and 

 Grammatical l^otes." (Partii.) By Sidney H. Eay, and Alfred 

 C. Haddon, m.a. 



The following Publications are in the Press : — 

 Transactions, xxxi. 



Parts. "Eeport on the Expedition to Eockall." By Eev. W. 

 S. Green, and others. 



Part 4. "Further Development of the Eelations between Impul- 

 sive Screws, and Instantaneous Screws, being the Eleventh Memoir 

 on the Theory of Screws." By Sir Eobert Ball, ll.d., f.e.s. 



The following Science Grants, recommended by the Council, were- 

 sanctioned by the Academy : — 



£40 to a Committee, consisting of Dr. E. E. Scharff, Dr. E. J. 

 McWeeney, Professor T. Johnson, Messrs. E. LI. Praeger, G. Pirn, 

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

 Hamilton, E. J. Ussher, and D. Mc Ardle to assist them in continuing 

 their Eesearches into the Fauna and Flora of Ireland. 



