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The contributors in the Department of Science are : — Mr. J. P. 

 O'Reilly; Mr. J. E. Gore; Mr. F. P. Balkwill ; Dr. R. S. Ball 

 Mr. V. Ball ; Mr. J. Wright ; Mr. J. Birmingham ; Mr. S. A. Stewart 

 Mr. Greenwood Pim ; Mr. G. H. Kinahan ; Mr. A. C. Haddon 

 Mr. W. J. Sollas ; Mr. H. C. Hart ; Dr. E. P. Wright. 



In the Department of Polite Literature and Antiquities : — Mr. 

 W. M. Hennessy, Todd Professor; Dr. W. Erazer ; Sir Samuel Eer- 

 guson, President ; Mr. J. R. Garstin ; Dr. E. J. B. Quinlan. 



The following Grants in aid of the Preparation of Scientific Reports 

 have been sanctioned by the Academy : — 



£15 to Dr. Haughton, in supplement of a Grant of £35, to defray 

 the expenses of Calculation of Sun-heat Coefficients and Radiation. 



£25 to Mr. Adeney, for the Chemical and Spectroscopical Inyesti- 

 gation of the Rarer Elements in some of the Crystalline Rocks of 

 Donegal. 



£30 to Mr. Haddon, for Researches on the Morphology of the 

 MoUusca. 



£15 to Mr. Hart, for Investigating the Elora of Southern Do- 

 negal. 



£15 to Mr. Stewart, for Investigating the Flora of the Southern 

 portion of the County Clare and the Shannon Estuary. 



£15 to Professor O'Reilly, to aid in Researches regarding the 

 Distribution of Earthquakes in Great Britain and Ireland. 



£10 to Dr. Erazer, for the purchase of Standard Instruments for 

 the correct measurement of Crania. 



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

 A. Haddon, W. J. Sollas, H. W. Mackintosh ; Messrs. Percy Sladen, 

 Joseph Wright, and Dr. Malcolmson : for a Report on the Deep Sea 

 Dredging ofi 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 

 Foraminifera of Dublin Bay. 



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

 the Migration of Birds in Ireland. 



