Ilinutes of the Academy 
xxin 
January 23, 1871. 
Heney Hennessy, F. E. S., Yice-President, in the Chair, 
The following Papers were read : — 
''Account of Experiments on the resistance of the air to tho 
Motion of Yortex Eings." Ey Eobert S. Eall, M. A. 
''Additional Observations on Muscular Anomalies in Human 
Anatomy (third series), with a catalogue of the Principal Muscular 
Variations." Ey Alexander Macalister, M. D. 
"On an Ogham stone at Kilbonane, County Kerry." Ey E. E. 
Brash, Esq. 
"On an Ancient Eronze Instrument found near Tara." By 
Alexander Gr. More, E. L. S. 
The following Eecommendation of Council was brought up and 
unanimously adopted : — 
" That chap, v., section 6. e, as follows : 
" ' The names of such Members as shall be found to have attended 
less than ten meetings of the Council (including stated meetings of 
any one Committee of Council during the year, before the meeting at 
which the lists are prepared, and exclusive of that meeting (at which 
they shall have no seat), shall be omitted in the preparation of the 
list of forty-three names required by the Charter, and shall not be 
included in the Council of the preceding year, but shall be treated as 
if such members had died or resigned, — provided that if any Member 
of Council shall have been elected in the middle of the year, he shall 
not be required to attend ten meetings in order to retain his place in 
the list, but only such a proportion of the whole number of meetings 
since his election as the Council shall judge to be equivalent to ten out 
of the whole number. 
" ' The Committees intended by the foregoing resolution are the 
Committees of Science, Polite Literature, Antiquities, Publication, 
Economy, and Library :' 
be altered by the omission of the last clause, and that the word ' per- 
manent' be inserted in the first sentence of same paragraph, before 
the words ' Committee of Council.' " 
Eebetjae-y 13, 1871. 
Eev. J. H. Jellett, B. D., President, in the Chair. 
Eev. P. Shuldham Henry, D. D., Henry Dix Hutton, LL.B., and J. 
W. Ellison Macartney, Esq., were elected Members of the Academy. 
