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J. J. WoivFE, as representing the Cork Naturalists' Field Club, re- 

 gretted that so few members of his Society had been able to avail them- 

 selves of the Galway excursion ; he thought the Cork Club was already 

 deriving substantial benefit from the formation of the Union, 



Francis Neale, Secretary, Limerick Naturalists' Field Club, also 

 referred to the advantages which the smaller Clubs were reaping from 

 the operations of the Union. He hoped that on the next Galway excur- 

 sion they would assemble on the invitation of a future Galway Field 

 Club. He recommended the consideration of some more systematic 

 means of recording scientific " finds" made by Field Club members. 



H. E. Brothers, member of Committee North Staffordshire Naturalists' 

 Field Club, desired to thank the Irish Clubs on behalf of his members 

 for their invitation to join in the present excursion. He was glad that a 

 number of the members of his Club had availed themselves of the 

 invitation, and thought that they would carry home with them many 

 useful hints from this meeting of the Irish Clubs. He also spoke of 

 the duty that rested with Field Clubs everywhere to check by every 

 means in their power the unnecessary destruction of animal and 

 vegetable life. 



R. Standen, Curator of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, mentioned some of the more interesting points noted on the 

 excursion in connection with his own particular group — the land and 

 fresh- water mollusca. 



Prof. J. W. Carr, M.A., F.L.S., President, Nottingham Naturalists' 

 Society, expressed his warm congratulations on the success of this first 

 general meeting of the Irish Field Clubs, and on the zeal and energy dis- 

 played by the members in scientific research. He doubted if such an 

 active week's field work could have been organized and carried out by 

 any English Scientific Society. After speaking of the aims of Natural 

 History Societies, Professor Carr expressed the hope that the ultimate 

 result of such combined effort would be the production of a series of 

 monographs on Irish Natural history. 



WiiviviAM Gray interposed to give his hearty support to the remarks 

 of Mr. Brothers in regard to the destruction of animals and plants. The 

 Field Clubs could do good work by discountenancing the sale of fern 

 roots, &c,, and the wearing of birds' feathers. 



Professor G. F. Fitzgerai^d, D.Sc, F.R.S. (Dublin University), 

 wished to know if a resolution recommending botany as a subject of 

 study for boys under the Intermediate Education Scheme would be in 

 order at the present meeting. 



The Chairman said that such a resolution would certainly be in order ; 

 zoology also might well be included in the resolution. 



Professor Johnson stated that he would with pleasure support any 

 such resolution. 



Mann Harbison (Belfast) suggested that the subject of geology 

 should be included in the motion. 



While Professor Fitzgerald was preparing his resolution 



