Minutes of Proceedings. 29 



Appendix to Eepoei. 



[1] 



" EoYAL Dtiblin' Society, 



" KUDAKE-STKEET , 



''Uh April, 1877. 

 " Mt deah Seceetaut, 



" The Council of the Eoyal Dublin Society have directed me to 

 request you to move the Council of the Eoyal Irish A cademy to sanc- 

 tion a conference between the President and Science Committee of the 

 Academy and a Committee of the Society, composed of the following 

 Members, viz. : — 



Sir Richard Griffith, Bart., f. r. ss. l. & e., 



Vice-President, R. D. S. 

 The Very Rev. the Provost, t. c. d., f. r. ss. l. & e., 



Vice-President, R. D. S. 

 The Earl of Rosse, f. r. s. 

 Rev. Maxwell Close, m. a. 

 Professor Barrett, f. r. s. e. 

 Professor Hull, m. a., f. r. s. 

 Professor Macalister, m. d. 

 Howard Grubb, m. e., f. r. a. s. 

 Charles A. Cameron, m. d., f. r. c. s. i. 

 Robert M'Donnell, m. d., f. r. c. s. i. 

 George Johnstone Stoney, m. a., f. r. s., Secretary, R. D. S. 



" The object of the conference would be to ascertain whether con- 

 joint action can be recommended to the two Societies in reference to the 

 following suggestions, which have been made by a Committee of the 

 Eoyal Dublin Society, viz. : — 



" ' 1st. It is most desirable that a Society devoted exclusively/ to 

 Science should exist in Dublin.' 



" ' 2nd. "We deem it essential that the Scientific Society shall have 

 such resources as will make it independent ; that is, such a capital sum 

 as, along with its annual income from subscriptions, will enable it to 



