Minutes of Proceedings. 275 



On the Eeport of the Scrutineers, the following were declared 

 duly elected Honorary Members of the Academy : — 

 In the Department of Science. 

 M. Charles Hermite, Paris. 

 Baron A. E. de Nordenskiold, Stockholm. 



Li the Beimrtment of Polite Liter ature mid Antiqidties. 

 George Stephens, Copenhagen. 



The President, under his hand and seal, nominated the following 

 as Yice-Presidents of the Academy : — 



John Casey, ll.d., f.e.s. 

 David R. Pigot, m.a, 

 John Kells Ingram, ll.d. 

 Francis A. Tarleton, ll.d. 



The Scrutineers having reported, the President declared the 

 following duly elected : — 



Teeasubi;b. — Rev. M. H. Close, m.a. 



Secketarx. — Edward Perceval Wright, m.d. 



Secretaet of the Cottn-cil. — Robert Atkinson, ll.d. 



Seceetaet oe Eoeeign Coeeespondence. — Joseph P. O'Reilly, c.e. 



LrBEAEiAif. — John T. Gilbert, e.s.a. 



Cleek of the Academy. — Robert Macalister, ll.b. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Monday Eveis^i^g, Apeil 28, 1884. 

 SiE Samtjel Eeegtjsok, q.c, ll.d.. President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Canon John Grainger, d.d., signed the Roll, and was 

 admitted a Member of the Academy. 



The President gave a short account of his visit to Edinburgh as 

 Representative of the Academy at the Tercentenary Celebration of the 

 University of Edinburgh. The President introduced to the Academy 

 Professor Cremona, of Rome, who proceeded to read a communication 

 " On Geometrical Transformation of the Eourth Order in Space of 

 Three Dimensions, the Inverse of which is of the Sixth Order." 



Professor O'Reilly, c.e., read a Paper, entitled " A New Catalogue 

 of British Earthquakes." 



