4 
9th December, 1874—Public Meeting—Reader, 
Peter Redfern, Esq., M.D. Subject, “The Rela- 
tions of the Blood with the Tissues and Organs.” 
6th January, 1875—Public Meeting—Reader, 
the Rev. Dr. John Grainger, of Broughshane. Sub- 
ject, ‘Some Irish Paleozoic Fossils.” 
27th January, 1875—Public Meeting—Robert 
Young, Esq., C.E., described and illustrated with 
diagrams “The Water-bearing Strata between 
Moira and Lurgan ;” and W. H. Patterson, Esq., 
read copy of an old MS. entitled, *‘ A Tour made 
in the North of Ireland by Dr. Thos. Molyneux in 
August, 1708.” 
17th February, 1875—Private Meeting—Reader, 
Joseph John Murphy, Esq., F.G.S. Subject, “The 
Relations of Language to Logic.” 
24th February, 1875—Public Meeting—Reader, 
Dr. Robert O. Cunningham, Queen’s College, Bel- 
fast. Subject, “The Geographical Distribution of 
Mammals.” 
3rd March, 1875 — Private Meeting — Dr. 
Andrews, F.R.S., Vice-President of Queen’s 
College, Belfast, read “On the Analysis of the 
Ballynahinch Water;” and Mr. Joseph John 
Murphy read “A Suggestion on Chemical Nota- 
tion.” 
17th March, 1875—Public Meeting—Reader, Dr. 
Andrews, F.R.S. Subject, “ Electro-Magnetic 
Machines and the Recent Improvements on them 
by M. Gramme.” 
14th April, 1875—Private Meeting — Reader, 
James Torbitt, Esq. Subject, “Potato Cultiva- 
tion.” 
21st April, 1875— Public Meeting — Reader, 
Robert Lloyd Patterson, Esq. Subject, ‘Further 
Notes on some of the Swimming Birds frequenting 
Belfast Lough, with special reference to the Great 
Northern Diver.” ; 
There have thus been ten meetings held, seven 
public and three private, and twelve distinct com- 
munications have been submitted. Your com- 
mittee have merely to remind the shareholders in 
this report, so as to place the fact on record, that 
the British Association for the Advancement of 
Ee 
