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ship of the Club. Though, as has already been stated, the number 

 upon the roll is as large as it has ever been, still, it falls very far 

 short of what it should be, when we consider the advantages 

 afforded in return for a merely nominal subscription, and that the 

 area of the Club's operations is the entire province of Ulster. The 

 Committee have done all that has been in their power to do with 

 the amount of funds at their disposal; but, with an increased 

 membership, and consequently augmented income, much more 

 might be done. The "Proceedings" might assume a more extensive 

 form, and the "Appendices" — which have, as yet, appeared at 

 infrequent intervals, as funds admitted of their publication — could 

 be issued with greater regularity, and so give to the scientific world 

 the results of those valuable observations on the flora and fauna of 

 the district, which are now being made by several of the Club's 

 members. 



HUGH ROBINSON, i „ 



WILLIAM SWANSTON, V 



