Minutes of Proceedings. 125 



Of the Proceedings, part 13 of vol. i. (second series), containing 

 Papers on Polite Literature and Antiquities, concluding the volume, 

 was published in April, 1879 ; part 3 of vol. iii. (second series), con- 

 taining Papers on Science, was published in July, 1879 ; and part 1 of 

 vol. ii. (second series), containing Papers on Polite Literature and An- 

 tiquities, was published in November, 1879. 



Within the past year Papers by the following authors were read 

 before the Academy : — 



In the Department of Science : — By Kev. Dr. Haughton ; Dr. 

 Davy; Mr. W. L. Peacocke ; Mr. C. E. Burton ; Mr. C. C. Hutchinson ; 

 Mr. John E. L. Dreyer ; Mr. George Porte ; Dr. Sigerson ; Professor 

 E. Perceval Wright ; Mr. G. H. Kinahan ; Mr. J. E. Knott ; Professor 

 Casey ; Mr. Philip Burton ; Dr. IST. Eurlong ; Mr. A. H. Angiin ; 

 Mr. W. H. Baily ; Dr. E. J. B. Quinlan ; Professor J. P. O'Eeilly ; 

 and Professor J. Emerson Reynolds. 



In the Department of Polite Literature and Antiquities : — By the 

 Very Rev. Dean Peeves ; Sir Samuel Eerguson ; Professor Ingram ; 

 Mr. G. H. Kinahan ; Dr. W. Erazer ; and Mr. Thomas Plunkett. 



It will be thus seen that, during the season just past, there has 

 been no falling-off in the number and importance of the Papers read. 

 The Council, having had under consideration the desirability of ob- 

 viating disputes as to the priority of Papers read in the Academy or 

 elsewhere, by defining exactly the time at which each Paper was 

 received and laid before the Academy, have introduced some 

 changes into the method hitherto observed, which, they believe, will 

 conduce to the more satisfactory administration of the business of the 

 Academy, viz., by requiring that every Paper shall be accompanied by 

 an abstract of its contents, and that leave shall not be given to read 

 any Paper which is not in the Secretary's hands at the time ; the 

 Paper thus read will be marked with the date of reception, and, if 

 printed, will take priority from that date, no changes being allowed 

 in the Paper, except in the form of notes, which shall also bear the 

 date of their insertion, after receiving the assent of the Committee of 

 Publication. A strict adherence to these rules will lead to the more 

 speedy publication of the Papers thus prepared, besides providing for 

 the indispensable determination of the time from which an author can 

 claim priority for his communication. 



The Council, having for some time past observed with regret that 



