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Monday Evening, Novembee 18, 1880. 

 SiE RoBEiiT Kane, ll.d., f.k.s.. President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. John Patrick Gannon, Laragh, Co. Kildare, signed the Roll, 

 and was admitted a Memher. 



Sir Samuel Ferguson, ll.d., read a Paper " On the Doorway of the 

 Round Tower of Kildare." [Vide Proceedings, vol. ii., ser. ii., part 3, 

 Polite Literature and Antiquities.] 



The Secretary presented, for Mr. "W. R. Westropp Roberts, m.a., 

 a Paper " On the Periods of the First Class of Hyper-elliptic Inte- 

 grals." [Yide Transactions, Science, vol. xxviii., part 5.] 



The Secretary read the list of Donations, and proposed, "that the 

 thanks of the Academy be accorded to the Donors," which motion was 

 carried. 



Tuesday Evening, Novembee 30, 1880. 

 SiE RoBEET Kane, ll.d., f.e.s., President, in the Chair. 



The President, having made a statement in reference to the docu- 

 ment sent down from the Council, relative to the Scheme for the 

 application of the Todd Memorial Fund, called upon the Secretary to 

 read a copy of the Scheme approved by the Vice-Chancellor. 



This Scheme will be found in an Appendix to the Report of 

 Council for 1880-81. 



Dr. Macalister read a Paper " On Notes on the Anatomy of two 

 Negroes." [Vide Proceedings, vol. iii., ser. ii., Science, part 6.] 



The Secretary read, for Mr. Philip Burton, a communication " On 

 Halos and Anthelia." 



The Secretary read the list of Donations to the Academy, and pro- 

 posed, "that the thanks of the Academy be given to the donors," 

 which was carried. 



The Academy adjourned. 



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