152 The Irish Naturalist. June, 1902. 



NEWS GLEANINGS. 



The British Association at Belfast. 

 Arrangements for the coming Meeting in Belfast, Sept. loth, 12th, and 

 17th, are being actively pushed forward. The President-elect is Professor 

 Jas. Dewar, F.R.S. The officers of the Natural Science Sections are as 

 follows : — 



C. Geology.— President, Lieutenant-General C. A. M'Mahon, F.R.S. 

 Vice-Presidents, John Home, F.R.S. ; Professor J. Joly, F.R.S. ; G. W. 

 Lamplugh. Secretaries, Herbert L. Bowman, H. W. Monckton (Re- 

 corder), J. St. J. Phillips, H. J. Seymour. 



D. Zoology.— President, Professor G. B. Howes, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents, 

 Professor R. O.Cunningham, Professor J. Cossar Bwart, F.R.vS. Secre- 

 taries, J. Graham Kerr, (Recorder), Robert Patterson, J. Y, Simpson, 

 D.Sc. 



E. Geography.— President, Colonel Sir T. H. Holdich. Vice-Presidents 

 Dr. J. Scott Keltie, H. J. Mackinder, Dr. H. R. Mill. Secretaries, G. G.' 

 Chisholm (Recorder), Edward Heawood, A. J. Herbertson, Ph.D. ; A. 

 Lindsay. 



H. Anthropology.— President, Professor A, C. Haddon, F.R.S. Vice- 

 Presidents, W. Crooke, Professor D.J. Cunningham, F.R.S. ; Professor J. 

 Symington, M.D. Secretaries, R. Campbell, Professor A. Francis Dixon, 

 D.Sc. ; J. L. Myres, M.A., F.S.A. (Recorder). 



I. Physiology. — President, Professor W. D. Halliburton, F.R.S. Vice- 

 Presidents, Professor J. G. M'Kendrick, F.R.S. ; Professor E. Waymouth 

 Reid, F.R.S. ; Dr. J. Lorrain Smith, Professor W. H. Thompson, M.D. 

 Secretaries, J. Barcroft, W. A. Osborne, D.Sc. (Recorder); Dr. Cecil 



Shaw. 



K. Botany. — President, Professor J. Reynolds Green, F.R.vS. Vice- 

 Presidents, Professor I. Bayley Balfour, F.R.S. ; Professor F. W. Oliver, 

 D.Sc. ; A. C. Seward, F.R.S. Secretaries, A. G. Tansley, Rev. C H. 

 Waddell, Harold Wager (Recorder), D. H. Yapp. 



It is to be hoped that naturalists throughout Ireland will do their 

 utmost to make the gathering thoroughly successful and enjoyable. 



The Belfast Natural History Society's Museum. 



We are glad to learn that a special effort is being made to improve and 

 enlarge the natural history collection of this old and valuable Museum. 

 A special fund has been started by Mr. Robert Patterson to enable the 

 Society to acquire what fresh specimens may be necessary and make 

 a satisfactory arrangement of the whole series. Contributions have been 

 received from several leading Belfast citizens, but ;^ioo more will pro- 

 bably be wanted. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. Robert Patterson, 

 at the Museum, College-square North ; Mr. Patterson having kindly 

 undertaken to act as treasurer for this special restoration fund, as well 

 as to give his services and his skill in helping forward the rearrange- 

 ment and renovation of the collection. 



