378 Royal Irish Academy. 



Committee of Polite Literature and Antiquities. 



Eev. Maxwell H. Close, m.a. 

 _ Lord "Walter Fitz Gerald. 



E.ev. J. H. Bernard, d.d. 

 Jolin Eibton Garstin, m.a,, f.s.a. 

 ThoBias J. "Westropp, m.a. 

 Eev. Edmund^^Hogan, s.j., d.litt. 

 Eobert Cochrane, f.s.a. 

 Stanley Lane-Poole, litt, d. 

 Louis C. Purser, m.a., litt. d. 

 Most Eev. Bishop Donnelly, v.d. 



[Bishop Donnelly and Mr. Edward J. Gwynn having received an 

 equality of votes, the President gave his casting vote in favour of 

 Bishop Donnelly.] 



The outgoing President (The Earl of Eosse) here vacated the 

 chair, and it was taken by Dr. Atkinson. 



A ballot was opened for the election of Officers — Dr. Tarleton arid 

 Mr, Cathcart being appointed Scrutineers — and subsequently the 

 following were declared duly elected : — 



Teeastjeek — Eev. M. H. Close, m.a. 



Seceetaet — Eev. J. H. Bernard, d.d. 



Seceetaey of the Council — Stanley Lane-Poole, litt. d. 



Seceetaey of EoEEiGJsr Coeeespondence — Eobert E. Scharff, ph.d. 



LiBEAEiAN — Grenville A. J. Cole, e.g.s. 



Assistant Seceetaey — Eobert Macalister, ll.b. 



The President, under his hand and seal, nominated the following 

 as Yice-Presidents for 1901-2 : — 



Erancis A. Tarleton, ll.d., f.t.c.d. 

 Joseph P. O'Eeilly, c.e. 

 Most Eev. Bishop Donnelly, d.d. 

 John Eibton Garstin, d.l., f.s.a. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



