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The Secretary read a Paper, by 3Ir. James llahony, " On the Con- 

 glomerates of Fanad." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



MoxDAT, Febetjaet 22, 1886. 

 Dr. IxGEAir, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Greenwood Pirn, m.a., f.l.s., signed the Poll, and was ad- 

 mitted a Member of the Academy. 



Mr. Henry Hennessy, f.e.s., read a Paper " On the Former 

 Fluidity of the Bodies composing our Planetary System." 



The Secretary read a Paper, by Sir Robert Ball, p.b.s., " On 

 Laplace's Analytical Theory of the Perturbations of Jupiter's Satel- 

 lites." 



The Secretary read a further Pteport, by Mr. H. C. Hart, " On the 

 Flora of Southern Donegal." 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. E. T. Hardman read !N"otes 

 ■on a Collection of Flint Instruments and "Weapons from Tropical 

 "Western Australia. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 

 to the Donors. 



The following Eecommendation of the Council was adopted : — 



''That a sum of £10 be given out of the Grant for Scientific 

 Eesearch to a Committee, consisting of Dr. E. P. Wright, Professor 

 Sollas, and Professor Haddon, to assist in the preparation of the 

 Eecord of Zoological Literature for 1885." 



On the motion of Dr. Mac Swiney, seconded by Eev. Thomas 

 Olden, it was resolved : — 



" That an Address be presented to His Excellency the Lord Lieu- 

 tenant, and that the Officers of the Academy be requested to draw 

 up the same." 



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