14 Roijal Irish Academy. 



Sattodat Evening, Maech 16, 1878. 



(Stated Meeting.) 



Sib, Eobeet Kane, P. E. S., LL. D., President, in the Chair. 



The Ballots for President, and Members of Conncil, and Officers, 

 and for Honorary Members, being opened, the President appointed 

 J. J. Digges La Touche, William Prazer, M. D., Professor O'Looney, 

 and The O'Conor Don, M. P., Scrutineers for the election of President, 

 Conncil, and Officers ; and "W". J. Pitzpatrick, LL. D., and Parke 

 l^eville, C. E., as Scrutineers for the election of Honorary Members. 



The Secretary of Council brought up the following Eeport of the 

 Council for the year 1 877-8 : — 



Pepoet oe Councix foe the Yeae 1877-8. 



Since the date of the last Eeport of the Council, the following 

 parts of vol. xxvi. of the Transactions have been published : — 



Part 7. " The Eed Stars : Observations and Catalogue." By J. 

 Birmingham. 



Part 8. " On a New Species of Parasitic Green Alga belonging to 

 the genus Chlorochytrium of Cohn." By E. Perceval Wright, M. D. 



Part 9. " On a Species of Ehizophydium parasitic on Species of 

 Ectocarpus, with Notes on the Pructification of the Ectoearpi." By 

 E. P. Wright, M. D. 



Part 10. ''A Supplement to Sir John Herschel's ' General Cata- 

 logue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars.' " By J. L. E. Dreyer, M. A., 

 P. E. A. S. 



And the following is in the press : — 



Part 11. "On the Aspect of Mars at the Oppositions of 1871 and 

 1873. By C. E. Burton." 



Of our Proceedings there have been issued within the year part 1 of 

 vol. iii. (second series), containing Papers on Science; and part 12 

 ■of vol. i. (second series), containing Papers on Polite Literature and 

 Antiquities. 



Within the past year. Papers by tbe following authors were read 

 before the Academy : — 



In the department of Science : — by Professor Tait ; Professor E. 

 S. Ball ; Dr. C. E. C. Tichborne ; Professor E. P. Wright j Professor 



