dency was in tracks converging at c, Ophiuchi. Tlie greater 

 part of them were larger than ordinary falling stars, and left 

 a red train ; in some instances a luminous cloud marked 

 for a few seconds the place of their disappearance, and then 

 was faint Aurora towards north-west The night was occa- 

 sionally cloudy, and after twelve became completely overcast. 



DONATIONS. 



Report of the Limerick Philosophical and Literary Society. 

 Presented by Dr. Gore. 



Supplementary Appendix to the Report of the Poor Laiv 

 Commissioners on the Medical Charities, Ireland. Presented 

 by the Commissioners. 



February 13. 



SIR Wm.R. HAMILTON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Robert Culley, Esq., James Magee, Esq., and H. L. 

 Renny, Esq., were elected members of the Academy. 



A paper on the Action of certain Salts as Manures, by the 

 Rev. Thomas Knox, was read by the Secretary of Council. 



" A small meadow, containing about an English acre, was 

 divided into six plots, and in last Spring, were manured as 

 follows : 



1st. 



2nd. 



3rd. 



4th. 



5th. 



6th. 



Ashes. 



Stable 

 manure. 



gypsum, 

 4 stone. 



Muriate of ammo- 

 nia, 6 lbs. ; pearl 

 ash, 6 lbs. ; 8 lbs. of 

 bones, burned and 

 dissolved in half 

 a pint of sulphuric 

 acid, and diluted 

 largely. 



Guano, 

 2 stone. 



1\ barrels of 

 lime mixed 

 with earth. 



