REPORT 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLDB, 



FOR THE YEAR 1877-78, 



N meeting the members at the close of the fifteenth year 

 of the Club's existence, the Committee have pleasure in 

 being able to report that the society continues to enjoy 

 a fair degree of prosperity. The work of the various branches of 

 study contemplated by the Club has been steadily pursued by an 

 increasing number of members, who devote their attention to 

 special subjects, and the interest in the Club's work manifested by 

 the members in general, and the public is in no way diminished. 

 During the year there has been a considerable increase in the 

 membership, this is mainly due to the efforts of a few who have, 

 as occasion offered, placed the claims and the advantages of the 

 Club before those who were unacquainted with them. The Com- 

 mittee are still of opinion that much more might be done in this 

 direction, and as the efficiency of the Club depends to a very 

 considerable degree upon the extent of its membership, they trus t 

 that further efforts will be made to increase it. 



