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Royal Irish Academy. 
In the Section of Polite Literature and Antiquities. 
C. F. Herbst, Copenhagen. 
Edward Maunde Thompson, London. 
The Ballot was then opened for the election of Officers, and on the 
report of the Scrutineers, the following were declared duly elected : — 
Treasueer — Eev. M. H. Close, m.a. 
Seceetabt — Edward Perceval "Wright, m.d. 
Seceetaet of the Couitcil — Eobert Atkinson, ll.d. 
Seceetaey of EoREiaN- Correspondence — Joseph P. O'Reilly, c.e. 
LiBRARiAJf — John T. Gilbert, f.s.a. 
Clerk of the Acaj)emt— Eobert Macalister, ll.b. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
Monday, April 8, 1889. 
Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Eev. John Henry Bernard, b.d., f.t.c.d., was elected a Member of 
the Academy. 
The Secretary read a Eeport by Messrs. G. F. Fitz Gerald, f.e.s., 
and J. E. Cullum, On the Magnetic Observations at Valentia." 
A notice from Professor A. Milne Edwards was read, announcing 
that an International Congress of Zoologists would be held in Paris 
between the 5th and 10th August, 1889. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks were voted 
to the Donors. 
Monday, May 13, 1889. 
Eev. Dr. Haughton, f.r.s.. President, in the Chair. 
Eev. J. H. Bernard, f.t.c.d., signed the EoU, and was admitted a 
Member of the Academy. 
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