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Curlew Mountain Districts, with Palseontological Remarks, by 

 W. H. Baily," was taken as read. 



By the permission of the Academy, T. J. B. Quinlan, m.d., read a 

 Paper " On the application of Spectrum Analysis to the Estimation of 

 Bile in the Eenal Secretion, in cases of Jaundice." [Vide Proceedings, 

 vol. ii., series ii., Science, part 4.] 



The following Grants, recommended by the Council, out of the 

 Parliamentary Grant for the preparation of Scientific Eeports, were 

 adopted : — 



£10 to R. M. Barrington, to enable him to investigate the Flora 

 of the Blaskett Islands. 



£10 to Mr. H. C. Hart, to enable him to investigate the Plora of 

 the Galtee Mountains. 



£20 to Mr. Phineas S. Abraham, to assist him in the Microscopic 

 Studies of the Marsupial Tissues. 



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

 Donors. 



Monday Evening, Eebetjaey 9, 1880. 

 Sir Eobeet Kane, ll.d., e.e.s.. President, in the Chair. 



The following Resolution was unanimously adopted, and the 

 President was requested to communicate it to the family of the late 

 Sir Dominic J. Corrigan, Bart., m.k.i.a. : — 



"That the Royal Irish Academy desires to express its deep sense 

 of the loss which Medical Science has sustained by the death of Sir 

 Dominic J. Corrigan, Bart., a distinguished Member of this Academy, 

 and an Ex-President of the King and Queen's College of Physicians in 

 Ireland." 



Dr. George Sigerson, ch.m., read a Paper " Contribution to the 

 Study of Nerve Action, in connexion with the sense of Taste." !No. 2, 

 "Functions of the Chorda Tympani." [Yide Proceedings, vol. iii., 

 series ii.. Science, part 4.] 



Michael Barry, m.d.. Rev. John B. Barter, Thomas Plunkett, John 

 Newsome White, and Agmondisham B. Vesey, l.k.q.c.p.i., were 

 elected Members of the Academy. 



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

 Donors. 



