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Prof essor Leith Adams, F.E.8., read a paper " On a Cervical Ver- 

 tebra of an Undescribed Species of Saurian." 



[This paper will appear in tbe "Proceedings," Second Series, 

 Vol. II., Science, Part 3, with illustrations.] 



Mr. H. D. Mackintosh read a paper '' On a MaKormed Corona of 

 JEcMmis esculentus.''^ 



[This paper will appear in the "Proceedings," Second Series, 

 Yol. II., Science, Part 3, with illustrations.] 



On the report of the Scrutineers, the Yice-President, in the Chair, 

 declared that Dr. Lane was duly elected a Member. 



The Certificate of Eev. Canon Hume, LL.D., was read. 



Several Donations to the Library and Museum were announced, and 

 thanks ordered to be forwarded to the donors. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Monday, Mat 24, 1875. 

 Eet. Peopessoe Haughtoin-, M. D., Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



The Secretary laid on the table a memoir " On Mne-point Contact 

 of Cubic Curves," by A. S. Hart, LL. D., S. P. T. C. D., forming Part 

 17, Yol. XXY., of the "Transactions." 



The Secretary read a letter from Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, 

 Mass., acknowledging his election as Honorary Member of the 

 Academy, and thanking the Academy for the honor thus conferred 

 on him. 



Sir Eobert Kane, Y. P., took the Chair, while the Eev. Professor 

 Haughton, M.D., read a Eeport by himself and Professor E. Hull, 

 M. A., "On the Chemical and Mineral Composition of Lava Plows of 

 Vesuvius, as shown by Chemical Analysis and Microscopical Investi- 

 gation." 



