110 Royal Irish Academy. 



The f olloTving Amendment vas proposed by President Sullivan, and 

 seconded by Mr. O'Shauglmessy : — 



" That no funds contributed by Parliament be used to pay the 

 costs of any proceedings which may be taken by the Academy in the 

 matter of the Todd Memorial Pund." 



The Amendment having been put, was negatived, whereupon the 

 following, as an Amendment, was moved by Dr. Sigerson, and 

 seconded by Mr. Pottrell : — 



"That the Academy defer consideration of this subject until it 

 shall have received further information in reference to the wishes of 

 the Subscribers to the Todd Memorial Fund." 



The Amendment having been put, and declared lost, the original 

 Motion was put, and declared carried. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Mojv^DAY Evening, Apezl 28, 1879. 

 Ste Egbert Kane, P.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Sir Samuel Ferguson read his Paper " On a Passage in the Con- 

 fessio Patricii." [Yide Proceedings, vol. ii., ser. ii., Polite Literature 

 and Antiquities, Part 1.] 



Sir Samuel Ferguson read his Paper " On Inscribed Stones from 

 the Cairn of Kilsough." 



The Secretary read, for Mr. William Lloyd Peacock, U. S. Mineral 

 Surveyor, his Paper " On a remarkable Parhelion seen at Colorado.'" 



The Treasurer's estimate of Income and Expenditure for 1879-80 

 was sTibmitted and approved. 



Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



