136 Royal Irish Academy, 



The President then dedared the Ballot open for the election 

 of Honorary Members. 



Dr. Casey and ITr. Fitzgerald were nominated Scrutineers. 



The rotes of the Academy were taken on the following Grants : — 



£10 to Mr. A. T. Stewart for the Exploration of the Botany of 

 the portion of the County of Fermanagh west of Lough Erne, 

 including what is called the Highlands of Fermanagh. 



£20 to Dr. Eeynolds and Eev. Dr. Haughton for Microscopic- 

 Slide Sections of a large collection of Sandwich Island Lavas, already 

 analysed by Dr. Haughton. 



£30 16s. M. to Professor H. "W. Mackintosh, for the structure of 

 Echinoderms. 



£25 to Mr. F. Hodges, for researches on the action of various 

 bleaching agents. 



£10 to Mr. Isaac Carroll, to explore the Botany of the district in 

 the County of Cork lying to the westward of a line drawn from 

 Skibbereen to Bantry. 



£20 to Dr. Sigerson, for the construction of an electric apparatus 

 for Physiological investigations. 



£25 to Ml'. Bertram C. 'V\"indele, for researches on the embryology 

 of the Muscular System. 



The Grants were adopted by the Academy. 



The Scnitineers handed in their Pteport as to the election of 

 Honorary Members, when the President declared the following duly 

 elected : — 



In the Deioartment of Science. 



Elias Loomis, Tale College, United States, America; 0. C. Marsh, 

 Harvard College, United States, America ; Oswald Heer, Ziirich. 



In the lepartment of Polite Literature and Antiquities. 

 Professor Pick, Gottingen. 



The Scrutineers handed in their Eeport as to the election of 



