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v'^cieiice occupies in the educational system of Ireland, urges on the 

 ( Voveruraent the necessity of acting, without delay, on the Report." 



Mr. Close in proposing the resolution said that he had no hesitation in 

 asking the Club to adopt it. All knew the good being done by the College, 

 the use it was to the Field Club and its work, and the inadequacy of the 

 College buildings. He thought the present buildings should be swept 

 entirely away. The justice of the claim was not lessened by the fact 

 that the CTOvernment had agreed to spend nearly a million pounds on 

 Science and Art buildings in I,ondon. Let this Club join its voice to 

 the general chorus beseeching the Government to carr}- out this neces- 

 sary object. Mr. and Mrs. P' A. Gibbon and Mr. Hanna were elected 

 members of the Club, and one nomination was made. 



Aprii, 23. —A party of members and their friends visited Kildare, and 

 in spite of the unfavourable weather, enjoj-ed an examination of the 

 Chair of Kildare, the geological features of which, as well as of the 

 surrounding district, were described by the conductor, Mr. Plenry J. 

 Seymour, B.A., an Honorary Secretary of the Club. Several other 

 members, including Dr. Foord, F.G.vS., and Mr. A. Shackleton, also 

 spoke on features of interest in the district. Tea was taken at Talbot's 

 Hotel, and at a business meeting, with Mr. J. F/. Palmer. Vice-President, 

 in the chair. Prof A. E. Birmingham, M.D., was elected a member. 



Cork Naturatjst's Fiei.d Ct^ub. 



April 21. — The annual general meeting was held in the Library af 

 the School of Art. Mr. J. L- Copeman (President), occupied the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary read the minutes of the previous meetings, which 

 were confirmed, and then presented the sixth annual report as fol- 

 lows — Your committee are pleased to report a further increase of 

 members during the past year — the membership now making a total of 

 71 — including 7 honorary members, as against a total of 63 for previous 

 year. Seven members have resigned during the year, and fourteen new 

 members have joined, thus making the nett gain 7. Your Club has 

 gained a valuable addition to its lion, membership in the Misses Delap 

 — who have presented some splendid specimens of jelly-fish to the Club, 

 and have promised from time to time to send other specimens. Another 

 hon. member, Mr. J. Griffin, Queen's College, is preparing some botanical 

 vSpecimens for presentation to the Club. These should prove of great 

 use to members, and your committee hope that other members may be 

 induced to follow these excellent examples. The following eight ex- 

 cursions were arranged during the year, only one of which fell through:— 

 May 8-F"ota, which was well attended. May 26— Castletownroche, 

 including Castle Widenham, and the valley of the Awbeg. As the result 

 of this excursion the Dog's Mercury {Meratrialis pej-ennis), a plant new to 

 Cork, was discovered by Mr. R. A. Phillips. Mr. Phillips identified on 

 this excursion the following rare plants— y^ra/;/.y hirstita (Hairy Rock Cress), 

 Sisymbrium AUiaria (Hedge INIustard), Barbarea pnvcox (Rarly Winter 

 Cress), Trifoliiim incarnatum, T. medium (Zigzag Clover), Tragopogon 

 pratensis (Yellow Goat's-beard), Linaria minoj- (Least Toad -flax), Stirpus 



