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Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



The following scientific grants recommended by the Council were 

 confirmed : — 



£50 to a Committee, consisting of Professors E. P. Wright; 

 A. Haddon ; "W. J. SoUas ; H. "W. Mackintosh ; Messrs. Percy Sladen ; 

 Joseph Wright ; and Dr. Malcolmson ; for a Eeport on the Deep Sea 

 Dredging off the Entrance to Bantry Bay. 



£40 to Professor Sollas, to aid him in his researches on the Meta- 

 morphic and Igneous Rocks of the Western Highlands of Ireland. 



£20 to Mr. Joseph "Wright, to aid him in his researches on the 

 Eoraniinifera of Dublin Bay. 



£15 to Mr. R. M. Barrington, to aid him in his researches as to 

 the Migration of Birds in Ireland. 



Monday Evening, Eebetjaey 23, 1885. 

 Bev. De. Hatjghton, e.k.s., s.f.t.c.d., in the Chair. 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. Greenwood Pim read a Eeport 

 " On the Eungi of Glengariff and Killarney." 



Professor Haddon read a Preliminary Report "On the Eauna of 

 Dublin Bay." 



By permission of the Academy, Professor Sollas read a Paper " On 

 the Structure of the Skeletal l^etwork of the Anomocladina as pre- 

 sented in Yitulina stalactoides." 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. H. C. Hart read a Report 

 " On the Botany of Sinai and Palestine." 



The following Papers were taken as read : — 



1. Mr. G. H. Kinahan, " On Metamorphic Action." 



2. Mr. H. C. Hart, Report "On the Elora of South-west Do- 

 negal." 



3. Professor E. P. Wright, " ISTotes On Bryopsis plumosa." 



Donations were announced, and thanks were voted to the Donors. 



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