January 14, 1867. 



The Right Hon. Loed Talbot de Mala hide, President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Members of the Academy : — 

 Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bart., M.P. ; Major- General Right Hon. 

 E. Plunkett Dunne, M.P. ; Charles J. O'Donel, Esq. ; Brigadier- General 

 J. Meredith Read; George Francis Roughan, Esq. ; William Barlow 

 Smythe, Esq. ; John Wilson, Esq., M. A. 



The following letter was read : — 



"Monkstown Park, 9th January, 1867. 

 '•'Dear Sir, — It is with much pleasure I have to announce to 

 you that Mrs. Haliday has decided on presenting intact to the Royal 

 Irish Academy the whole of the late Mr. Haliday' s Collection of Pamph- 

 lets, Tracts, and Papers, &c, relating to Ireland. Having been left 

 all his property absolutely, she is desirous to pay this tribute to the 

 memory of her late beloved and lamented husband, and at the same 

 time to preserve to the Royal Irish Academy so valuable and unique a 

 collection. 



" I shall be happy to confer with the Librarian as to the best mode 

 of removing the Pamphlets, &c, to the Royal Irish Academy. 



" Believe me, dear Sir, yours truly, 

 " Richard Welch, 

 " Executor to the late Chaeles Haliday. 



"Rev. W. Reeves, D. D., 



" Secretary, R. I. A., Dawson- street" 



The following resolutions were adopted : — 



That the marked thanks of the Academy be returned to Mrs. 

 Haliday for her very valuable donation, which will form so im- 

 portant an accession to the Library of the Academy, and prove so bene- 

 ficial in future times to the students of Irish History. 



That the thanks of the Academy be also returned to Richard Welch, 

 Esq., for his kindness in communicating Mrs. Haliday's intentions. 



A paper " On the Distribution of Temperature in the Lower Region 

 of the Earth's Atmosphere" was read by Henry Hennessy, E.R.S., 

 M.R.I.A. 



Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



January 28, 1867. 



The Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide, President, in the Chair. 



The President addressed the meeting on the loss sustained by the 

 Academy from the deaths of the Rev. R. Mac Donnell, D. D., Provost 

 of Trinity College, Dublin ; and John D' Alton, Esq. 



