252 Royal Irish Academy. 



" D. Having thus disposed of the several assertions made in 

 the letter of the Council of the Royal Irish Academy, the Dele- 

 gates have further to observe that the request, which the Coun- 

 cil of the Academy bases on those assertions, is simply a request 

 to the Government not to fulfil what Sir M, Hicks-Beach, Lord 

 Sandon, and Mr. Smith, solemnly promised on its behalf, and in 

 consideration for which the Eoyal Dublin Society has consented 

 to surrender its share in valuable property. 



" E. The Delegates also submit, that the attempt of the 

 Council of the Royal Irish Academy to limit the functions of 

 the Eoyal Dublin Society ought not to have been made by ap- 

 pealing in a private*^ manner to a Department of the Govern- 

 ment, but should have been made both openly and before a legal 

 tribunal, if any such case as has been put forward could be sub- 

 stantiated, which the Delegates respectfully deny. 



"Royal Ditbiin" Society, 

 ''July 1th, 1877. 



"APPENDIX. 



"List of Scientific Communications mabe to the Eoyal Dublin Society 

 AT its Evening Scientific Meetings in 1836. 

 " January 2Uh, 1836. 

 "1. Peofessob. Davy, ' On Ms Discovery of a New Gas.' 

 " 2. Dr. Coulter, ' On Californian Conifers.' 

 "3. Mr. "Weld, ' On Finns uncinata.'' 



" 4. Mr. Clibborn, ' On Electrical Conduction, Eduction, and Induc- 

 tion.' 

 " 5. Dr. Kane, ' On tlie Interference of Sonorous Waves.' 



'' Fehruary 23rd, 1836. 

 " 1. Mb. Weld, ' On the Finns uncinata and Qiiercus hispanica.'' 

 " 2. Mr. Grubb, ' On a New MetKod of lUuminating the Wires of a 



Micrometer.' 

 " 3. Me. Niven, ' On the Physiology of Vegetation, and an Account of 



Experiments in Einging,' &c. 

 " 4. Me. Mackay, ' On the Bufo rubeta indigenous to Ireland.' 



* The Council of the Eoyal Irish Academy did not send to the Eoyal 

 Dublin Society a copy of the representation they had made to the Treasury 

 until more than a month had elapsed after it had been presented to the 

 Government. 



