( Ivi ) 



The Drawings relate to almost every class of Irish Antiquities, and 

 an index is given at the end of the volume. 



The majority of them are copies of copper and wood engi'aA*ings in 

 printed books, but a large portion consists of originals, chiefly coloured 

 representations of objects fi"om 'Mx. Carruthers' collection, executed 

 with great beauty and precision. 



This collection being now scattered, these Drawings are the more 

 interesting. 



The volume was shown at the Exhibition of Irish Antiquities, 

 brought together in the Music Hall, BeKast, during the British Asso- 

 ciation lleeting, by the Xatui-alists' Field Club ; and Dr. James Moore, 

 M. E. I. A., was kindly instrumental in procuring Miss Carruthers' 

 obliging permission to send the volume for Exhibition to the 

 Academy. 



On the recommendation of the CouncU, the Academy voted the 

 following sums out of their Parliamentary grant in aid of Scientific 

 llesearches : — 



E. T. Hardman, £25, for " Chemico-Greological Researches." 



George Porte, M. E. I. A., £25, for ''Micro-Photographic Ex- 

 periments." 



H. W. Mackintosh, B.A., £30, for "Eesearches as to the Struc- 

 ture of the Echinoidea." 



The Secretary laid on the table the following Parts of Yol. XXY. 

 of the " Transactions" : — 



" Eesearches in Chemical Optics." Ey the Eev. J. H. Jellett, 

 B. D., Senior Eellow, Trinity CoUege, Dublin. 



"Eeport on the Strength of Single-riveted Lap Joints." By Bin- 

 don B. Stoney, M. A., M.E.I. A., Mcmb. Inst. C. E. (With Tables 

 and Plate XXY.) 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Eebeu-oit 22, 1875. 



The Yeiy Eev. Dean Eeeves, D. D., Yice-Presidcnt, ia the Chau-. 



C. O'Callaghan, C.E., signed the EoU, and was admitted a 

 Member. 



W. Archer, M.E.I. A., read a Paper " On Chlami/domyxa lahyrinthu- 

 loides (n. gen. et sp.), a new Sarcodic Ercshwatcr Organism." 



. This novel sarcodic organism from the fresh water, presented a 



