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In the Department of Polite Literature. 



Prof. Lassen, Bonn. 



Don Pascual de Gayangos y Arce, . Madrid. 



In the Department of Antiquities. 

 Don Antonio Benavides, President Royal 



Academy, Madrid. 



Major- General Sir Thomas A. Larcom, 



F.R.S., &c, London. 



April 12, 1869. 

 Denis H. Kelly, Esq. D.L., in the Chair. 



Maurice Lenihan, Esq., J.P. ; 



Ambrose More O'Farrell, Esq. ; 



Rev. John O'Hanlon ; 



Rev. James O'Laverty ; 



George Sigerson, M.D. ; 



Charles R. C. Tichborne, Esq. ; 

 were elected Members of the Academy. 



A Paper "On a Modification of Regnault's Condensing Hygro- 

 meter, with Observations on the Psychrometer," by Michael Donovan, 

 Esq., was read. 



Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the donors. 



April 26, 1869. 



Lord Talbot de Malahide, President, in the Chair. 



The President read the following papers : — 



Wo. 1. "On Megalithic Remains in the Department of the Basses 

 Pyrenees." 



~No. 2. " Notes on Prehistoric Remains in various Parts of Spain." 

 Donations were presented, and thanks voted to the several donors. 



Mat 10, 1869. 

 Lord Talbot de Malahide, President, in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : — 



" On ' Esparto,' with Botanical Descriptions of the Plants from 

 which it is obtained," by W. Frazer, M.D. The author described its 

 general uses, especially for preparing pulp for Paper Manufacture, and 

 gave statistics of its importation into the British ports for some years 

 past. 



