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been made that the meetings of this society, 
and of the club, should be all held on Wednesday 
evenings, on such dates that, throughout the winter, those 
persons who wished to hear ascientific paper every fort- 
night at least, had regular opportunities of so doing, by 
attending the announced meetings of both associations. 
The Belfast Architectural Association has also met 
statedly in the Museum, and the Ladies’ Institute also had 
a course of lectures in your rooms during the past winter. 
The first volume of the society’s “* Proceedings” was 
issued in August, 1873, being for the session 1871-2. 
Copies were sent to all the societies,both home and foreiga, 
who have been our correspondents; also. to the local 
libraries, &c. The second volume—namely, the “ Proceed - 
ings” for 1872-3—is now printed, and will be circulated 
this month, The materials for the third volume—vyiz., for 
1873-4—have been nearly all collected. The editing 
of all goes on, as arranged, under the superintendence of 
your present president, Mr. Joseph John Murphy, and of 
Dr. Henry Burden, one of your secretaries. 
Your council drew attention in their last report to the 
approaching visit of the British Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science; and they have now. merely to 
report that on 6th August, 1873, they held.a special 
council meeting, at which three of the society’s members 
were appointed to get a requisition for a public meeting 
en the subject signed by representatives of the various 
bodies who had already invited the British Association to 
Belfast. This was duly done; and the result was the ap- 
pointment, at a town meeting, on the 14th Aug., 1873, of 
a general committee, who, at a sibsequent meeting, elected 
an Executive Committee of ten gentlemen, with. three 
secretaries and a treasurer, to make all local arrangements. 
This committee is now in full work; and your council 
have no doubt that every exertion is being made to render 
the coming visit of the Association a complete success, and 
thoroughly creditable to this large town. Your council, 
of course, will communicate to the proper authorities that 
your museum will be open to all members and associates 
of the British Association, on production of their 
tickets, 
The following is « list of the papers read before your 
society during the session of 1873-4:— 
On the evening of Wednesday, the 5th November, 
