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shells from Messrs. R. A. Phillips and J. ly. Oopeman ; and marine 

 animals from Miss M. Delap, Valencia Island. The Club's section was 

 thus very complete, and excited a great deal of attention. 



The Secretary also had the pleasure of being able to organise a special 

 section of nature study exhibits, sent from some 130 schools from all 

 parts of the United Kingdom, of which Miss Martin worked up the 

 kindergarten section. This was the first nature study exhibition held 

 in Ireland, and created great interest, forming one of the prominent 

 features of the exhibition ; and its effect should be to induce in schools 

 in Ireland the study of nature, which has now a recognised place in 

 most schools in Great Britain. The exhibits from Dublin are now under 

 the care of the Club, as well as several others, and a very valuable series 

 of maps and scientifxC diagrams presented by several publishers, to form 

 the nucleus of a museum ; and it is hoped this will be the outcome of 

 the exhibition,' and find its home in the Shrubberies' House, which 

 seems its proper place. 



The officers were re-elected as follows : — President, Prof. Hartog, 

 D.Sc. Vice-Presidents, Messrs. T, Farrington, M.A. ; J. Iv. Copeman, 

 R. A. Phillips, J. H. Bennett, H. H. Lund, and Miss Martin. Hon. 

 Treasurer, Mr. W. B. Lacy. Curator, Mr. W. H. Johnson. Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr. J. L. Copeman ; together with Committee, Messrs. F. R. 

 Rohu, J. Noonan, W. Miller, Prof. J. Taylor, and Mrs. E. Brooke 

 Hughes. 



The following new rule was revised and confirmed: — "Juniors (age 

 under 20 years), children of members, or introduced by a member, shall 

 be admitted to membership, with the privilege of attending all lectures 

 and excursions, on payment of an annual subscription of one shilling." 



The programme of the summer excursions was then discussed and 

 adopted. 



April 23.— A large party, numbering 29, and including many of the 

 recently formed junior branch, visited Lotamore, by kind permission of 

 A. F. Sharman-Crawford, Esq., and after an enjoyable time spent in the 

 woods, which were gay with Blue-bells and Anemones, walked home 

 by Bennett's Bog. On the way a lecture on geology was given by Mr. 

 Farrington, a stream illustrating v/ell the action of water in cutting river- 

 beds. 



The following plants were noted by Mr. Phillips: — Hypericwn hircimim, 

 abundant in its old known Irish station ; Arenaria trinervia, Euphorbia 

 hibenia, Ltizida pilosa^ Carex pendula. 



May 7. — A party of 16 walked through Waterfall Glen to Ballincollig, 

 where tea was served, and the train taken for home. The slopes of the 

 glen were resplendent with the Gorse, but nothing very special was 

 noted. Senciio sqiialidus was seen on the railway bank at Ballincollig. 



