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succession ; and the two Senior Members of the Committee of Science 

 and of the Committee of Polite Literature and Antiquities, respectively, 

 shall retire from the Council in each year," was adopted by the 

 Academy. 



The President then declared that By-Law 4, Chapter IV., in the 

 form printed above, was, from this date, the law of the Academy. 



The following Grants in aid of Scientific Investigation, recom- 

 mended by the Council, were approved : — 



£10 to Prof. G. A. J. Cole, to enable him to complete his Cata- 

 logue of Scientific Periodicals contained in the various Public, or 

 generally accessible, Libraries in Dublin, 



£25 to Eev. H. J. Lawlor, d.d., to enable him to obtain Photo- 

 graphs of selected pages of Manuscripts of St. Columbanus in various 

 Continental Libraries. 



In accordance with By-Law 2, Chapter II,, the Secretary read 

 the following list of Candidates for Membership proposed since the 

 amended By-Laws came into force : — 



Matthew Wyatt Joseph Pry, m.a., f.t.c.d, 



Hight Hon. Dodgson Hamilton Madden, P.O., ll.d. 



Edmond Joseph McWeeney, m.a., m.d. 



Robert Patterson, f.z.s. 



Eev. William Ealph "Westropp Eoberts, m.a., b.d., f.t.c.d. 



The President stated that Dr. Atkinson having requested him to 

 reverse his ruling of 30th November, 1900, in reference to the point 

 of order raised by two Members, and recorded on the Minutes, he was 

 of opinion that it was not in his power to do so, and further that he 

 believed his ruling to have been correct and in accordance with the 

 intention of the Charter. 



Monday, Pebettaet 25, 1901. 

 Judge Kane, ll.d., in the Chair. 

 Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger, b.e., read a Paper on " Irish Topographical 

 Botany." 



Mr. "W. J. Knowles read a " Further Eeport on Prehistoric Eemains 

 from the Sandhills of the Coast of Ireland." 



