60 Royal Irish Academi/. 



" On the Siipernuinerary Rings of the Eainbow." Ey Philip 

 Burton. [Y'lde Proceedinffs, yoI. iii., ser. ii., Science, part 3.] 



" On the Computation of Tides at Pleet'n'ood and Discussion of 

 Corresponding Phenomena in Different Places." By the Eev. James 

 Pearson. [Vide Proceed mc/s, vol. iii., ser. ii., Science, part 3.] 



The President announced to the Academy that the Treasurer 

 (llr. Garstin) had resigned his office ; and that the Academy will , at 

 its next meeting, proceed to the election of a new Treasurer. 



A copy in Bronze of the newly instituted Davy Medal was pre- 

 sented by the President and Council of the Royal Society. 



The list of Donations to the Library was read, and thanks voted, 

 to the several donors. 



Satuedax EvExrN'G, jS'ovembee 30, 1878. 



(St. Andrew's Day. Stated ITeeting.) 



SiE, Robert Kaxe, LL.D., F.R. S., President, in the Chair. 



Rev. Maxwell H. Close, M.A., was elected a Member of Council, 

 and also Treasurer to the Academy, in the place of J. R. Garstin, 

 LL.D., who had resigned. 



By permission of the xicademy, Valentine Ball, M.A., F.G.S., of the 

 Geological Survey of India, read a Paper " On the Forms and Distri- 

 bution of Ancient Stone Implements in India." [Vide Proceedings, 

 vol. i., ser. ii., Polite Literature and Antiquities, part 13.] 



Professor Hennessy, F.R.S., read "A ]!^ote relative to the Struc- 

 ture of the Interior of the Earth." 



Robert S. Ball, LL.D., F.R.S., read a Paper "■ On aXew Determi- 

 nation of the Annual Parallax of the Star 61 Cygni." 



Letters were read from Sir William Thomson, C. F. ]S"ewton, Esq., 

 and Henry Bradshaw, Esq., returning thanks for the honour conferred 

 upon them by the Academy in electing them Honorary Members. 



Resolved unanimously : — 



" That the thanks of the Academy be given to John Ribtoii 

 Garstia, F.S.A., &c., for his services as Treasurer." 



i 



