Minutes of Proceedings. 267 



MojS'dat EYEiras'G, Febetjaey 25, 1884. 

 SiE Samitel Peeghjsok, ll.d., q.c, President, in tlie Chair. 



Very Eev. William Delany, Mr. Greorge ISToble Plunkett, and 

 Mr. Alfred C. Haddon signed the Eoll, and were admitted Members 

 of the Academy. 



Dr. Edward Perceval "Wright read a Paper " On the Evolution of 

 the Eunction of Sex in Protoplasm." 



Donations were announced, and thanks voted to the Donors. 



A letter from the Chancellor, Rector, and Principal of the Univer- 

 sity of Edinbnrgh was read, inviting a Delegate from the Academy to 

 be present at the Tercentenary Celebration of the Eoundation of the 

 University. 



It was resolved : — 



" That the President be requested to act as the Eepresentative of 

 the Eoyal Irish Academy at the Tercentenary of the Edinburgh 

 University, on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of April; and that the 

 Secretary see that the President's nomination as such be notified to 

 the University under the Seal of the Academy. 



Satuedat Evening, Maech 15, 1884. 



(Stated Meeting.) 



SiE SAiroEL EbegusojS', ll.d., q.c. President, in the Chair. 



Mr. "William Booth Pearsall and Mr. William Sidney Cox signed 

 the Eoll, and were admitted Members of the Academy. 

 The Secretary of Council read the following : — 



Eepoet or the Council eoe the Yeae 1883-84. 



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

 Parts of the Transactions have been published : — 



Yol. xxviii. — Science. 

 Part 13. "Eeport on the Acanthology of the Desmosticha." 

 Part ii. By H. W. Mackintosh, M.A. 



