THE FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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Since the Annual Meeting, held on the 18th April last year, the 

 numerical strength of the Club has been considerably augmented, 

 the number of Members now enrolled being 156. This increase 

 is chiefly due to the growing popularity of the Club, and the 

 interest excited by the Summer Excursions and the Annual Con- 

 versazione. This success, it is to be hoped, may also be con- 

 sidered as a proof that the Officers of the Society have efficiently 

 discharged their duty. 



The following places were visited by Members of the Club 

 during the past year : 



Toome Bridge and Church Island, on the 1st June. 



Cushendall and the adjoining Glens, „ 19th and 20th June. 



Mr. Valentine's Fernery, at Whiteabbey, 



and the Duncrue Salt Mine, „ 20th July. 



Purdy's Burn, „ 3rd August. 



Castle E spie and Reagh Island, „ 24th August. 



Downpatrick „ 28th September. 



During the Winter Session the following Papers were read 

 at the ordinary meetings of the Society : 



5th Dec, 1867. — "Notes on the Remarkable Discoveries of Eugene 

 Conwell, Esq., M.R.I.A., in the Megalicthic Chambered Tumuli, 

 on Slieve-na-Caillighe, Co. Meath," by Mr. Gr. V. Du Noyer, 

 M.R.I. A. 



19th Dec. — " Scientific Nomenclature," with some suggestions for its 

 improvement, by Rev. W. M'llwaine, D.D. 



30th Jan., 1868.—" Notes of a Visit to the Peak of Derbyshire," by Mr. 

 W. H. Patterson. 



