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£25 to Eev. J. H. Jellctt, B. D., for Experiments on the action of 

 a Galvanic current on a beam of polarized light. 



£40 to Dr. E. P. AVright, towards defraying the expenses of obtain- 

 ing a series of di'awings of some of the lower Algse — the drawings to 

 be the property of the Academy. 



The Council have addressed to the Commissioners of Church Tem- 

 poralities a request that they will, so far as they are empowered by 

 the Irish Church Act of 1869, cause all the Ecclesiastical E,ound 

 Towers to be treated as I^ational Monuments ; and, further, that they 

 will take steps to have the buildings at Clonmacnoise, including the 

 Tower, placed in charge of the Board of Works, and revested, so as 

 to come within the operation of the Act. We have reason to believe 

 that this representation will be attended with satisfactory results. 



Fourteen Ordinary Members have been elected since the 16th of 

 March, 1876, viz. :— 



1. Michael F. Coxe, M. D. 



2. Francis E. Clarke, M. D. 



3. Eev. John Grainger, D. D. 



4. Rev. William Mcllwaine, D. D. 



5. Walter Meyers. 



6. G. Gerald Tyrrell. 



7. AVilliam H. Byrne. 



8. William Gillespie. 



9. James Edward Kelly, M. D. 



10. Rev. Richard Travers Smith, B. D. 



1 1 . Harry IS^. Draper. 



12. The Earl of Leitrim. 



13. Marriott R. Dalway, M. P. 



14. Rev. Hill Wilson White. 



We have lost by death within the year one Honorary Member — 

 The Abbe Jean Benoit Desire Cochet, elected in 1863 ; 

 and nine Ordinary Members, viz. : — 



1. Rev. J. Bewglas, elected January 8, 1849. 



2. Edward Bewley, elected December 11, 1843. 



3. Adolphus Cooke, elected June 9, 1845. 



4. Sir John Esmonde, Bart., elected January 10, 1870. 



