2.16 Royal Irish Academy. 



The following Scientific Grants, recommended by the Council, 

 were confirmed: — 



£50 to Dr. Doherck for a Magnetic Survey of Ireland. 



£10 to Dr. Cameron for Eesearches on the lodates and Bromates 

 of the Alkaloids. 



£30 to Mr. H. C. Hart for the continued Botanical Examination 

 of the Mountains of Ireland. 



Friday EvEOTiiTG, March 16, 1883. 



(Eve of St. Patrick's Day.— Stated Meeting.) 

 Sir Samuel Eergtjson, q.c, ll.d., President, in the Chair. 



The Ballot for Members of Council was declared open, and Dr. 

 Wright and Mr. Longfield were requested to act as Scrutineers. 



The President made a statement with regard to the result of the 

 Conference on the site of the New Museum and Library, and read a 

 letter from the Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, announcing 

 that the Lords of the Treasury had agreed to the proposition of the 

 enlarged site in Kildare-street. 



The President also read a letter from the Under-Secretary to the 

 Lord Lieutenant, stating that in case the Ashburnham Collection be 

 purchased by the Government, His Excellency will communicate with 

 the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury with regard to the deposition 

 of the Irish Manuscripts in a Dublin Library. 



The Ballot for Honorary Members was declared open, and Dr. 

 Sigerson and Mr. More were requested to act as Scrutineers. 



The Secretary of Council read the Eeport for the past year, which 

 was adopted. 



Eeport of the Cottncil for the Year 1882-83. 



Since the date of the last Eeport of the Council the following 

 Parts of the Transactions have been published : — 



Vol. xxviii. — Science. 

 Part 8. " On some hitherto undescribed Compounds of Selenium." 

 By Charles A. Cameron, m.d., and Edmund W. Davy, m.d. 



