REPORT. 
IN presenting the TwENTy-rirst ANNUAL REPORT your Com- 
mittee have the pleasure of recording the continued prosperity of 
the Society, which has considerably increased in numbers during 
the past year. They regret the loss which the Society has sus- 
tained by the death of two of its members, viz., Mr. GEERE and 
Mr, J. J. SEWELL, the latter one of the Vice-Presidents and who 
had for many years taken an active part in promoting the pros- 
perity of the Society. 
The state of the finances is very satisfactory ; for although 
the Committee have a balance of only 2s. in hand, they 
have been able to meet the exceptionally heavy expenses of 
the year caused by the necessity of purchasing book-cases to hold 
the books on their removal to the Free Library ; and to expend 
the sum of 412 8s, 2d. in the purchase of new books and 
periodicals, 
The following books have been presented to the Society 
during the year ;—Tenth Annual Report of the Belfast Naturalists’ 
Field Club, -(from the Society): Report and Proceedings of 
Eastbourne Natural History Society (from the Society) ; Journal 
