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resolved to prepare and publish such a " Guide." It is intended 

 that the " Guide" shall contain about two hundred pages, and be 

 illustrated by a map and sketches, and will contain chapters on the 

 Topography, Geology. Botany, Zoology, Ethnology, and Antiqui- 

 ties of the district; together with observations on the Trade, 

 Commerce, and Agriculture of the North of Ireland. Such an 

 undertaking will involve considerable expense ; your Committee, 

 therefore, hope that the appeal for aid about to be made to the 

 members of the Club and the public generally, will meet with an 

 encouraging response, so that the promoters may be enabled to go 

 to press in proper time. 



Your Committee propose also, in conjunction with the Council 

 of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Society of Ireland, to 

 have an Exhibition of Irish Antiquities in Belfast, during the 

 meeting of the British Association. Arrangements are already in 

 progress, and many valuable contributions are promised, and there 

 is every prospect of having a very creditable Exhibition. This 

 result can only be secured by the kindly assistance of all who are 

 interested in our national antiquities. 



In consequence of the amount of labour involved by the pre- 

 parations in progress for the approaching meeting of the British 

 Association, together with the difficulties arising from the re- 

 arrangement of the Museum, your Committee have reluctantly 

 resolved to abandon the Conversazione for this year. 



Your Committee continue to exchange "Transactions" with 

 other Societies in various parts of the world. The names of these 

 Societies, and the contributions received from them, are appended. 



The following gentlemen were requested by your Committee to 

 act as judges in awarding the prizes offered by the Club : — Dr. 

 James Moore, H.R.H.A., Mr. Robert Young, C.E., Mr. William 

 Swanston, and Mr. Greer Malcomson. 



The following are declared to be the successful competitors : — 



For best collection of Ferns — Mr. S. A. Stewart. 



For best collection of Cretaceous Fossils — Mr. Geo. Donaldson. 



For best collection of Liassic Fossils — Mr. Geo. Donaldson. 



