Minutes of Proceedings. 
49 
The following Honorary Members were elected on tlie 1 6tli March 
of last year : — 
In the Section of Science. 
Dimitri Ivanovitch Mendelejeff. 
Julius Sachs. 
In the Section of Polite Literature and Antiquities. 
Christian Frederick Herbst. 
Edward Maunde Thompson. 
"We have lost by death within the year nine Members : — 
John Ball, m.a., f.r.s., elected April 13, 1840. 
Matthew P. D'Arcy, m.a., d.l., elected April 13, 1846. 
Right Hon. the Earl of Granard, k.p., elected April 13, 1863. 
Sir Eobert Kane, m.d., ll.d., f.r.s., elected l^ovember 30, 1831 
Eobert Edwin Lyne, elected January 13, 1868. 
Eobert M'Donnell, M.n., f.e.s., elected February 9, 1857. 
Walter Myers, elected April 10, 1876. 
John i^'eville, c.e., f.e.g.s.i., elected June 8, 1844. 
Thomas Williams, elected January 9, 1837. 
We have also lost by death within the year one Honorary Member 
in the Section of Science. 
Elias Loomis, elected March 16, 1880. 
Among the ordinary Members removed by death we may specially 
mention, although not a contributor to the Transactions of the 
Academy, Mr. John Eall, p.e.s., who represented the Academy for 
many years on the Government Grant Committee of the Eoyal 
Society. The results of his distinguished botanical, geographical, 
and physical investigations are published elsewhere. 
Dr. Eobeet M'Donnell was born on the 15th March, 1828, in 
Dublin. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1844, graduating as 
B.A. in 1849 ; m.b. in 1851 ; and m.d. in 1857. He also studied in the 
Schools of Paris and Yienna. He was elected a Member of this 
Academy in 1857, and served for several years on its Council. In 
