80 The Irish Naturalist. March, 1901. 



February 6th, illustrated lecture on ' Photographic Portraiture'; March 

 6th, 'Outdoor Photography,' illustrated by lantern transparencies; 

 April 3rd, exhibition of prize lantern slides; April 26th, excursion to 

 Lin field, Pallasgrean ; June 28th, excursion to Paradise, Kildysart; July 

 10th, excursion to Lough Gur; July 19th, excursion to the Rock of 

 Cashel. With one exception all the winter evening meetings on the 

 programme were carried out, but three of the summer excursions did not 

 take place owing to unfavourable weather. The various sections of the 

 Club — Scientific, Photographic, and Archaeological — have each done 

 some share of work during the period now under review, the botanical 

 members having been specially fortunate in adding quite a number of 

 fresh records to the plants of County Limerick, several examples of 

 which are now on view here this evening. Your Committee keep on 

 hoping for an increase in the working members of the Club as a natural 

 result of its operations. 



In moving the adoption of this, Mr. H. Sams congratulated the Club 

 on the successful year it had enjoyed. The Rev. T. F. Abbott briefly 

 seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried with acclamation, 



Mr. Joseph Stewart (Hon. Treasurer) presented his balance sheet, 

 which showed that while at the end of last year there was only a balance 

 in hand of $s. \d. that had increased to £9 7s. gd. (applause). This also 

 was adopted. 



The Chairman congratulated the members on the present condition of 

 the Club, both financially and otherwise. 



Mr. Wm. M. Beauchamp having been called to preside, the election of 

 officers and committee for the ensuing year was proceeded with. The 

 following is the list : — President — Dr. W. Fogerty ; Vice-Presidents — Mr. 

 J. Grene Barry, J. P., D.L., and Rev. Timothy Lee, Adm. ; Hon. Treasurer — 

 Mr. Jos. Stewart ; Hon. Secretary — Mr. F. Neale ; Committee — Miss 

 Bennis, Miss A. Doyle, Miss Ebrill, Mr. B. Barrington, Mr. P. J. Lynch, 

 C.E., Mr. P. E. O'Donuell, Mr. C. Scott; Hon. Secretary of Natural 

 Science Section — Mr. J. F. Windle, C.E. ; Hon. Sec. of Photographic 

 Section— Mr. G. F. Fogerty, R.N. ; Hon. Sec. of the Archaeological 

 Section — Rev. James Dowd, B.A. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



December 19 .— W. F. Fenneee, M.R.I.A.I., contributed a paper on 

 " Where the Masters Wrote," with lantern illustrations, which was 

 followed by a paper on " Symbolic Ideas of the Ancients concerning 

 Trees and Plants," by John Vinycomb, M.R.LA. 



Botanicae Section. —November 2. — The first meeting for the 

 winter was well attended. " Fungi" was the subject for study, and the 

 members brought in a large number of species for examination. 



Botanicae Section. —December 7.— Rev. C. H. Waddeee gave a 

 lecture on British Ferns. 



