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"(3) The election by the Academy, at the Stated 

 Meeting in March, of a number of Members 

 not exceeding the number recommended by 

 the Council. 

 Motion adopted. 



The question having been discussed by several Members, Professor 

 FitzGerald proposed, and Professor L, C. Purser seconded : — 



" That the Academy do hereby approve the recommendation of 

 the Council as to alteration of By-Laws (Chapter II.) 

 relative to the election of Members, in so far as the 

 following general principles are concerned : — 



" (1) The election of Members once a year only : 



" (2) The preparation by the Council of a select list 

 of Candidates for Membership to be submitted 

 to the Academy on the fourth Monday in 

 February : 



"(3) The election by the Academy, at 'the Stated 

 Meeting in March, of a number of Members 

 not exceeding the number recommended by 

 the Council : — 



The consideration of details being reserved for further discussion, and 

 it being an instruction to the Council to furnish the Members of the 

 Academy with a full statement as to all the detailed changes in the 

 By-Laws which they propose." 

 Carried. 



The following Science Grants recommended by the Council were 

 approved and adopted : — 



£80 to a Committee, consisting of Dr. R, F. Scharff, Mr. F. W. 

 Moore, Mr. R. L. Praeger, Mr. G. Pim, Prof. T. Johnson, Mr. G. H. 

 Carpenter, Mr. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Mr. D. McArdle, Mr. 

 A. E. Nichols, Mr. R. J, Ussher, and Mr. N. Colgan, to enable them 

 to carry on their researches into the Fauna and Flora of Ireland 

 during the present year. 



£25 to a Committee, consisting of Prof. Cunningham, F.ll.S., 

 Prof. E. P. Wright, M.D., Prof. Haddon, F.B.S., and Dr. C. R. 



