Minutes of Proceedings. 401 



Council, 3rd June, 1901. 



[Eeport containing Minutes and Correspondence relative to the 

 Odd Antiquities found near Limavady in 1896 laid before the Council, 

 and ordered to be laid before the Academy at its next meeting.] 



" Resolved — That the request of the Government contained in the 

 letter of May 10th, 1901, from the Under-Secretary to the Lord 

 Lieutenant, viz. that the Royal Irish Academy will take no further 

 action for the present as regards the Gold Ornaments, shall be acceded 

 to : and that the final result of the further consideration of the subject 

 be awaited, the communication of which has been promised as soon as 

 possible." 



The Report was adopted. 



The following Grants in aid of Scientific Research, recommended 

 by the Council, were approved : — 



£25 to Dr. H. H. Dixon, to assist him in the accui'ate determina- 

 tion of the temperatures of the organs of plants. 



£55 to a Committee, consisting of Dr. R. P. Scharfl (Chairman), 

 Capt. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Mr. I^. Colgan, Prof. T. Johnson, 

 Prof. E. J. McWeeney, Mr. F. W. Moore, Mr. A. R. Nichols, Mr. R. 

 Patterson, Mr. G. Pirn, Mr. R. L. Praeger, Mr. D. McAi-dle, Mr. G. 

 H. Carpenter, and Mr. R. J. Ussher, to enable them to carry on their 

 researches into the Fauna and Flora of Ireland during the present 

 year. 



£10 to Mr. A. M'Henry, to assist him in the investigation of 

 igneous and associated sedimentary rocks in the Ox Mountain range, 

 which extends from near Castlebar, Co. Mayo, to Lough Gill, Co. 

 Sligo ; and to investigate certain sedimentary and metamorphic rocks 

 in Fanad, Co. Donegal. 



£20 to a Committee, consisting of Prof. Cunningham, F.R.S., 

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

 Browne, to assist them in carrying on the work of the Anthropometrical 

 Laboratory, and the Ethnographical Sm-vey of Ireland. 



The Treasurer read, in accordance with By-Law 2, Chapter III., 

 the list of Members in arrear. 



