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extent and variety of the articles exhibited. Sir W. Wilde, who 

 was president of the Anthropological Section of the Association, 

 Sir John Lubbock, and other eminent antiquarians and archaeolo- 

 gists, were among the visitors referred to, and took part in the 

 conversations and discussions which arose in connection with 

 many of the more rare objects. In making this reference my fellow- 

 members of the Club will, I feel confident, join with me also when 

 I allude, with feelings of respect and esteem, to the presence, on the 

 same occasion, of the eminent archaeologists, the Rev. J. Graves, 

 Hon. Secretary of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Associa- 

 tion of Ireland, and J. Garstin, Esq., Treasurer of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, both of whom kindly contributed to the exhibition 

 objects of great variety, and manifested much interest in the 

 proceedings. 



It would be an omission, also, were I not to mention the admir- 

 able sketches of Irish scenery lent for the occasion by our 

 fellow-member, Dr. James Moore, the productions of his own 

 gifted pencil, and which proved so appropriate an addition to the 

 antiquarian collection. The same remarks apply to the sketches 

 of a similar kind contributed by one of our Hon. Secretaries, Mr. 

 W. Gray, and by Mr. W. H. Patterson, as also to the universally- 

 admired measured drawings of Greyabbey, by Mr. J. J. Phillips, 

 which, I am happy to add, have since been published in a volume, 

 likely to be long duly prized by all the lovers of Irish art. 



I think, then, that on every account the year now closing may 

 well be considered as marking an era of progress in the affairs of 

 our Club, and of the studies with which it is identified, long to be 

 remembered, and for which all may indulge feelings of content and 

 satisfaction. 



A few words remain to be said respecting our future, with which 

 this address, already, I fear, too protracted, must conclude. 



Among the many claims for encouragement and consideration 

 which commend institutions like ours to general acceptance, one 

 is this — that it offers to non-scientific persons, popularly so called, 

 a means of cultivating science in those fields which, although per- 



