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January 12. — The Annual General Meetingwasheld,the President (Prof. 

 Gole) in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been 

 read and signed, the Secretary (Mr. Praeger) read the annual report of 

 the Committee, of which the following is an abstract : — the membership 

 stands at 200, 23 new members having been elected during the year, and 17 

 struck off. Five winter meetings were held, and were well attended ; in 

 addition a successful conversazione took place at the opening of the 

 Winter Session. The seven summer excursions arranged by the Com- 

 mittee were all carried out satisfactorily. The best thanks of the Club 

 are due to Count Considine, Mr. Samuel Jones (Cavan), and Mr. J. G. 

 Nutting, for facilities rendered on these excursions. The inter-Club 

 work, for the development of which the Irish Field Club Union was 

 founded, has been steadily carried on. The Committee charged with the 

 investigation of the cryptogamic flora of Dublin and Wicklow report that 

 progress is being made. The Committee of the Club recommend a grant 

 of ;^io to the Editors of the Irish Naturalist^ and another at the rate of 2<^. 

 per head on the Club membership to the Field Club Union Committee, 

 to assist in defraying the expenses of the year 1896. The best thanks of 

 the Committee are due to the Council of the Royal Irish Academy for 

 continued permission to hold the Club meetings in their rooms. The 

 Committee have opened a Club subscription-list in connection with the 

 Giant's Causeway Defence Fund. 



Prof. Johnson then submitted his report and statement of account as 

 Treasurer, which showed a balance of ^^37 i8j-. ii^. in the Club's favour. 

 The adoption of the report and accounts was moved by Mr. A. Shackleton, 

 seconded by Mr. J. B. Palmer, and passed after a discussion, and reso- 

 lution referring to the Committee the drafting of a rule on the subject 

 of new members depositing their entrance- fee prior to election. The 

 Chairman declared the following office-bearers for 1897 elected according 

 to the rules :— President, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, F.G.S. ; Vice-President, 

 R. Lloyd Praeger, B.A., B.B. ; Secretary, Prof. T. Johnson, D.Sc, F.Iv.S. ; 

 Treasurer, H. Gore Cuthbert ; Committee, G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc, J. 

 J. Dowling, Rev. T. B. Gibson, M.A., Miss Hensman, C. H. Hurst, Miss 

 E. J. Kelsall, E. J. M'Weeney, M.D., R. J. Mitchell, Greenwood Pirn, 

 M.A., H. J. Seymour, Miss Singleton, Mrs. J. T. Tatlow. A grant oi £\o 

 to the Editor of the Irish Naturalist, as recommended in the report, was 

 proposed by Prof Johnson, seconded by Miss Kelsall, supported by Mr. 

 A. Shackleton, and passed ; as was also the grant recommended to the 

 Field Club Union, on the motion of Dr. Hurst, seconded by Mr. J. F. 

 Shackleton. On the motion of Mr. J.J. Dowling, seconded by Mrs. Ross 

 the best thanks of the Club were voted to the Council of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, for their courtesy in allowing the Club to meet in their rooms 

 during the year. A vote of thanks to the press for regularly reporting 

 the proceedings of the Club was passed at the motion of Miss M'Intosh, 

 seconded by Mr. A. Roycroft. Miss M. F. Johnson, Miss S. Paxton, and 

 Miss E. Paxton, were elected members of the Club. 



A discussion ensued relative to places to be visited during the coming 

 summer, and other matters. Dr. Hurst stated that he was authorised by 



