40 Royal Irish Academy. 



[8] 



''2UhofJune, 1877. 

 " My deae Sie, 



"Having received an acknowledgment of the receipt of the 

 Council's communication to Her Majesty's Treasury, I hasten to send 

 you, as I promised, a copy of it, for the information of the Council of 

 the Eoyal Dublin Society. 



"lam, 



"My dear Sir, 



" Yours faithfully, 



" John K. Ingeam, 

 " Secretary of Council, B. I. A. 



" Geoege JoHisrsTONE Stonet, Esq., F. E. S., 



" Secretary, Royal Dublin Society." 



The Eeport was adopted. 



The list of recommendations of Scientific Grants was read and pro- 

 posed by the Secretary for adoption by the Academy : — 



£25 to C. E. C. Tichborne, P. C. S., for Eesearches upon the gene- 

 ral diffusion of Fluorine in Animal Concretions, &c. 



£25 to E. T. Hardman, F. C. S., for Apparatus and Chemicals to 

 enable him to continue his Chemico-Geological Eesearches. 



£20 to A. G. More, F.L. S., for the Examination of the Flora of 

 the South and West of Ireland. 



£12 to A. Leith Adams, M. D., F. E. S., towards the expenses of 

 collecting materials relating to the Natural History of the Irish Elk, 

 with the view of producing a Monograph on the subject. 



£18 to Eev. J. H. Jellett, B. D., for Eesearches on the relations 

 between Light and Electricity. 



£70 to Professor Oswald Heer of Zurich, for an investigation of 

 the Tertiary Flora of Antrim. 



£30 to Dr. Macalister, for purchase of rare specimens to carry out 

 Embryological Eesearches. , 



