Minutes of Proceedings. 383 



The Secretary proposed as an amendment that the words " at the 

 next meeting " be inserted after the word "Academy ". 



Sir Thomas Esmonde seconded the amendment. This was carried, 

 and the amendment was subsequently passed as a substantive re- 

 solution. 



Mr. CofPey moved in accordance with notice handed in at the 

 previous meeting of the Academy : — 



" That a revision of the By-Laws is desirable for the purpose of 

 simplifying the method and defining the conditions of the election of 

 President and Council." 



While Mr. Coffey was speaking, the hour being late, Sir Thomas 

 Esmonde moved the adjournment of the debate, which Judge Kane 

 seconded, and it was passed. 



Sir Thomas Esmonde called the attention of the Academy to the 

 fact that it was reported that the Mias Tighernain was to be disposed 

 of. 



A letter from Mr. Gr. H. Kinahan, relative to the election of 16th 

 March, was ruled out of order. 



The Treasurer laid on the table the audited Accounts for 1900-1,. 

 and the estimate for 1901-2. 



Monday, June 10, 1901. 

 Peop. Eobeet Atkinson, ll.d., litt.d,, President, in the Chair. 



Prof. Edmund J. McWeeney, m.d., signed the Poll, and was 

 admitted a Member of the Academy. 



Dr. E. T. Trouton, p.e.s., read a Paper on — "The Creeping of 

 Liquids and the Sui'face Tension of Mixtures." 



Rev. M. H. Close, m.a., read — " Pemarks on a Cosmographical 

 Tractate in the Irish Language in the Library of the Academy." 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted to 

 the Donors. 



A letter was read stating that the Mias Tighernain, referred to at 

 the last meeting of the Academy, was not at present in the market. 



