Minutes of Proceedings. 43 



Monday Evening, Apeil 8, 1878. 

 Sir Egbert Kane, LL. D., F. E. S., President, in the Chair. 



By permission of the Academy, Professor Eobert Galloway read a 

 Paper " On the Extraction of Iodine and Bromine from Kelp." 



[This Paper will appear in the Proceedings, Ser. ii., vol. iii., 

 Science, part 2.] 



Dr. E. P. Wright, E. L. S., read a Paper — " Notes on Algae No. 2 ; 

 On the Development of the Cell Structure and of the Antheridia in 

 Griffithsia ; On the Development of the Siphons and Tetraspores in 

 Polysiphonia 



[This Paper will be published in vol, xxvi. of the Transac- 

 tions.'''''] 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors. 



Monday Evening, May 13, 1878. 

 Sir Eobert Kane, LL. D., E. E. S., in the Chair. 



Eev. John O'Eeilly, C. C; George L. Cathcart, Jun., M. A ; 

 John Browne, Esq. ; Professor Eobert Galloway, and John Kane, Esq., 

 were elected Members of the Academy. 



E. "W. Davy, M. D., read a Paper '' On a New Chemical Test for 

 Carbolic Acid, and its Useful Applications." 



[This Paper will appear in the Proceedings, Ser. ii., vol. iii., 

 Science, part 2.] 



The Eight Eev. the Lord Bishop of Limerick read a Paper " On 

 Two Ancient Inscribed Monuments." 



The Secretary read Papers by J. C. Malet, M. A., "On a Certain 

 Surface derived from Quadrics," and " On an Elementary Proof that 

 every Equation has a Eoot." 



[This Paper will be published in vol. xxvi. of the Transac- 

 tions"'] 



The Secretary read a Paper by Mr. O'Dowling " On Celtic 

 Names in the Tyrol and Carinthia." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 Donors. 



