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in the British Museum last October, Mr. E. Gr. Baker called my 

 attention to the " Catalogue raisonne des plantes vasculaires de 

 la Tunisie," par Ed. Bonnet et G. Barratte. Paris: Imp. J^ationale, 

 1896, which had quite recently come to hand. Here Cy. JPerstcaiB 

 recorded not only from Dj. Bou-Kournein, but from other localities 

 near Tunis. Many interesting details about this species and its 

 geographical distribution are also given, and the reasons assigned for 

 adhering to the specific name of Persica, and for adopting the generic 

 form of Cyclaminus, appear unanswerable. 



The following Becommendation from the Council was adopted : — 



" That £35 be granted to Professor- A. C. Haddon, sen., to assist 

 him in his Investigation of the Decorative Art of Borneo." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



Transactions, Yol. xxxt., Part 5, " The Twelfth and concluding 

 Memoir on the ' The Theory of Screws,' with a Summary of the 

 Twelve Memoirs." By Sir Robert S. Ball, ll.d., p.e.s., was laid on 

 the table. 



Monday, January 24, 1898. 

 Me. John Eibton Gaestin, d.l., f.s.a., in the Chair. 



Professor J. P. O'Eeilly read a Paper " On the old Black Tower 

 ■of Chambles, near St. Etienne (Loire)." 



Mr. George Coffey, b.a.i., read a Report by Mr. Thomas Plunkett, 

 M.E.T.A., and himself, " On the excavation of Topped Mountain Cairn, 

 County Fermanagh." 



Mr. George Coffey read also a " Report on Mr. Thomas Plunkett's 

 Exploration of a Cairn on Belmore Mountain, County Fermanagh." 



The objects obtained in excavating Topped Mountain Cairn were 

 on exhibition. 



The objects obtained on excavating the Cairn on Belmore Moun- 

 tain, and a portion of a Clay Mould found in Coal Bog, were exhibited 

 and presented to the Academy's Museum by Mr. Thomas Plunkett, 



M.E.I. A. 



A special vote of thanks was given to Mr. T. Plunkett for his 

 presentation to the Museum. 



