Minutes of Proceedings. 255 



Monday Eyenikg, Apeii. 9, 1883. 

 Sir Samtjel Feeguson, q.c, il.d., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. J. Mahony, having signed the Eoll, was admitted a Member 

 of the Academy. 



Mr. Henry King, m.b., was elected a Member of the Academy. 



Professor W. M. Hennessy delivered his Second " Todd Memorial " 

 Lecture " On a Tract on the Demesne Lands of Tara, contained in the 

 Book of Lecan." 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. E.. M. Barrington, ll.b., read a 

 Eeport " On the Plora of the Shores of Lough Erne." 



The Secretary read, for Dr. R. Ball, p.e.s., two Papers — 



1. " On a Plane Representation of certain Dynamical Problems 

 in the Theory of a Rigid Body." 



2. " Researches on the Annual Parallax of /x Cephei." 



Mr. R. J . Mahony exhibited an ancient Oaken Implement presented 

 by him to the Academy. 



The President made a statement in reference to the acceptance on 

 the part of the Dublin Society of their new Charter, and stated that 

 the Council when in possession of the particulars thereof would take 

 steps to protect the interests of the Academy. 



Monday Evening, Apeil 23, 1883. 

 SiK Samuel Feegtjson, q.c, ll.d., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Henry King, m.b., and Mr. J. Newsom White, having signed 

 the Roll, were admitted Members of the Academy. 



The President referred to the demise of Lord Talbot de Malahide, 

 a former President of the Academy, who died at Madeira, in the 78th 

 year of his age. 



Rev. Dr. Haughton read a Paper " On a description of a New 

 Method of representing the Diurnal Temperatures of any place by 

 means of a Rational Formula, with an application to the Hourly 

 Observations made in the month of January at Greenwich Observatory." 



