( Ixix ) 



Nos. 15, 20, 30, and 34, at the suggestion of Mr. Stoney and })y 

 permission of the Council, have been applied to the construction for the 

 Academy of a new form of Spectroscope, described in the Proceed- 

 ings, Volume I., Ser. II., Science, p. 208. 



!N"os. 25 and 27, were returned, the applicants not being able to 

 follow out the line of Research intended. 



Nos. 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, and 33, 36 

 have forwarded either preliminary or final Eeports. 



Letters have been sent by the Secretary of the Academy and 

 the Secretary of the Council to each of the other recipients of grants, 

 IS'os. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 28, 35, and 37; and satisfac- 

 tory answers respecting the progress of their Eesearches have . been 

 received from all, with the exception of ISTo. 5, who has up to this time 

 taken no notice of oui' communications. 



The Reports — On Irish Diatomaceas, On the motion of water through 

 curved tubes, and On the mineral waters of Lisdoonvarna, have been 

 promised duiing the present Session. 



APPENDIX C. 



Statement by the Cottncil oe the Rotax Irish Academy eespectixg 

 National Monuments in Ireland aefected by the Irish Church 

 Act, 1869. 



[Adopted February, 1875.] 



There are two classes of Monuments to be considered : — 



A. — Those transferred to the charge of the Board of Worlcs. 



B. — Those remaining in the charge of the Church Temporalities^ 

 Commissioners. 



A 1. As regards the former class, the regular course of proceeding 

 is, as we understand, that the Architect first prepares his plan and 

 working directions in full detail ; and that these, after receiving the 

 sanction of the Commissioners, are put into the hands of the workmen 

 and servants of the Board, for execution. 



A 2. In our opinion, the interference of any extern authority, or 

 of any other than a professional builder, in these executive operations 

 would be undesirable. 



A 3. We also think that, subject to the wishes of the Architect, 



