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MoifDAT Eyek-ing, JS'oyembee 13, 1876. 



Yeet Eev. "Wm. Eeeves, D. J)., Dean of Armagh, Yice-President, 



in the Chair. 



Eev. Canon Smith, B.D., and M. F. Cox, Esq., signed the Eoll, 

 and were admitted Members. 



The Earl of Leitrim, Marriott E. Dal way, Esq., M. P., and Eev. 

 Hill "Wilson White, were elected Members of the Academy. 



The Secretary read a Paper, by Eev. D. H. Haigh, " On Early 

 British and Irish Inscriptions," Part 1. 



The Secretary read a Paper, by Dr. Doberck, " On ^ Coronse, 

 y. Ophiuchi, y Coronse, ^ Bootis, A Ophiuchi, ^ Librse, 2 3121 and 

 oih'ei" Binary Stars." 



[This Paper wiU be pubHshed as Part 15 of Vol. XXVI. of the 

 " Transactions."]'. 



Eobert S. Ball, LL.D., read a Paper " On the Precession and Xu- 

 tation of the Earth and Planets." 



[This Paper will be published as Part 13 of Vol. XXVI. of the 

 "Transactions."] 



The Secretary read a Paper, by J. Blackwall, F. L. S., and the 

 Eev. 0. P. Cambridge, M. A., "On a Collection of the Arachnida of 

 the Seychelles, made by Dr. E. Perceval Wright." 



[This Paper ^ill appear in the "Proceedings," Second Series, 

 Vol. III., Science, Part 1.] 



The Secretary read the following letter : 



" 20, XoKTH Great G-eoege's-street, 



"DuBLEs-, lOthJime, 1876. 



" My dear Dr. Weight, 



"Seeing in 'Xature' of the 1st inst. a woodcut of a 'Blown- 

 sand Eock,' observed in the expedition of the 'Challenger,' which 

 exhibits stratifications and jointings quite similar to those of rock in 

 the ordinary quarry, I wish to put on record what I have myself done 

 towards the examination of like formations in blown-sand duDcs, 

 transported clay, and other adventitious masses. 



E. I. academy minutes, session 1876—7. « 



