■300 Royal Irish Academij. 



Monday Afteekoojs*, Jdne 8, 1885. 

 SiE Sajiuel Feeguson, q.c, ll.d., President, in the CKair. 



Eev. Dr. Bartholome-w MacCartliy, Yery Eev. Dr. William J. 

 "Walsh, and Mr. Louis Claude Purser, m.a., f.t.c.d., signed the Eoll, 

 and were admitted as Members of the Academy. 



Eev. Eohert Conlan was elected a Member of the Academy. 



Professor Eobert Atkinson read his Fourth Todd Memorial Lecture, 

 on the Homilies of the Leabhar Breac. 



Mr. Louis Claude Purser, f.t.c.d., read a Paper " On a London 

 Manuscript of Cicero's- Letters." 



Eev. Dr. Bartholomew Mac Carthy read a Paper " On the Stowe 

 Missal." 



Eev. Dr. MacCarthy also read a Paper " On Textual Eecension." 



The following scientific grants recommended by the Council were 

 adopted by the Academy : — 



£10 to Messrs. E. M. Barrington and E. P. Yowell, for a Eeport 

 on the Plora of the Shores and Islands of Lough Eee. 



£10 to Mr. H. C. Hart, for a further Eeport on the Flora of the 

 county of Donegal. 



£10 to Mr. W. F. de Y. Kane, for a Eeport on the Distribution of 

 the Lepidoptera of the South of Ireland. 



£10 to Mr. William Oray, for a Eeport on the Worked Flints of 

 the North-east of Ireland. 



£10 to Mr. S. A. Stewart, for a Eeport on the Flora of the 

 Southern Shores of the Shannon. 



£20 to Mr. Alexander M 'Henry, for a Eeport on the Animal and 

 other Eemains found in the Sand Hills of Ballintoy, and the Crannog 

 of Lough na Crannagh. 



£50 to Mr. A. Gr. More, for a Eeport on the Geographical Distri- 

 bution of Plants in Ireland. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 Donors. 



