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a large number of flint flakes found by Mr. Gray in various 

 localities around Belfast ; also, some of the pierced fossils 

 (Coscinopora globularis) from the Valley of the Somme. 



The foregoing abstracts will enable the members of the Club to 

 form an idea as to the character of the papers expected from them, 

 and as the Committee have no other resource but the members, 

 the latter are reminded that they should record the result of 

 their Summer's observations, with the view of bringing it 

 before the Society at their Winter meetings. The Committee 

 do not expect long papers on every occasion. On the contrary, 

 they prefer a number of short papers, embodying the result of 

 the writer's study or observation on some special point of 

 scientific interest. 



The Committee obtained the assistance of Professor Thom- 

 son, Robert Patterson, Esq., F.R..S., and Mr. Ferguson, in 

 awarding the prizes for the collections sent in for competition ; 

 and on the recommendation of those gentlemen, Mr. George 

 Donaldson was awarded the prize for Land and Fresh Water 

 Shells ; Mr. William Gray, the prize for a collection of 

 Ai-chseologic objects ; and Mr. Samuel Stewart, Mr. Plimmer's 

 prize, for the best collection of objects collected at the Excur- 

 sions or Field Meetings of the year. 



COLLECTION OF S. A. STEWAKT. 



BOTANICAL SPECIMENS. 



I. Flowering Plants, ... 73 species, \ 



II. Ferns, ... ... 5 „ > 91 species, 



III. Mosses, .1 ... 13 „ j 



GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



I. Cretaceous Fossils, ... 22 species, \ 



II. Liassic do., ... 7 „ > 32 species. 



III. Palsezoic do., ... 3 „ ) 



ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



I. Marine Shells, ... 38 species, ) fi9 



II. Land and Fresh Water, 24 „ ) dJ s P ecies - 



