Minutes of Proceedings. 329 



" On the Kilcormac Missal." By Eev. Hugh J. Lawlor, d.d. 



" Properties of the General Congruency of Curves." By Professor 



C. J. Joly, ir.A., Royal Astronomer of Ireland. 

 " Eeport on Metamorphic Pocks in eastern Tyrone and southern 



Donegal." By Professor Grenville A. J. Cole, f.e.g.s. 



The following Grants for Scientific Research, recommended by the 

 Council, were sanctioned by the Academy : — 



£45 to a Committee, consisting of Dr. E, F. Scharff, Mr. F. W. 

 Moore, Mr. R. L. Praeger, Mr. G. Pirn, Prof. T. Johnson, Dr. E. J. 

 M'Weeney, Mr. G. H. Carpenter, Mr. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 

 Mr. D. M'Ardle, Mr. A. R. Mchols, Mr. R. J. Ussher, and Mr. ^. 

 Colgan, to enable them to carry on their researches into the Fauna and 

 Flora of Ireland during the present year. 



£20 to Professor John Joly, f.e.s., to carry out experiments on the 

 activity of sea-water as a chemical denuding agent. 



£15 to Professor Cole, for the investigation of the ancient rocks, 

 regarded as Archaean, in the district north of Lough Erne, and between 

 Omagh and Ballyshannon. 



£45 to Professor T. Preston, f.e.s., in aid of his Researches on 

 Radiation Phenomena in a strong Magnetic Field. 



£25 to a Committee, consisting of Professor Cunningham, f.e.s., 

 Professor Haddon, f.e.s., and Dr. C. R Browne, to assist them in 

 carrying on the work of the Anthropometrical Laboratory, and the 

 Ethnographical Survey of Ireland. 



£12 to a Committee, consisting of the Rev. "W. P. Carmody, 

 Professor Rhys, and Rev. Dr. Buick, to assist them in the Investiga- 

 tion of Ogam stones, and other Antiquities found at Connor. 



£10 to a Committee, consisting of Mr. R. Cochrane, Professor E. 

 P. Wright, and Professor Rhys, to assist them in the Investigation of 

 an Ogam stone, and other Antiquities found near Ballyhaunis. 



£150 to Professor C. J. Joly, Royal Astronomer of Ireland, for the 

 purchase of a Calostat and Long-focus Telescope for photographing 

 the Corona during the Total Eclipse of the Sun, of May, 1900. 



The preparation of slips for the Irish Dictionary has steadily 

 progressed during the year under the direction of the editor. 



