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Governments, have long retarded its advancement. The present 

 Government, however, have granted ,£20,000, which, added to the 

 .£5,000 raised in the district, will, it is expected, in two years 

 place the harbour in complete repair. Some idea of the service 

 these works are likely to prove to the community, may be derived 

 from the fact, that in the ten weeks of the present Summe r 

 £"160,000 worth of fish have been brought into Ardglass by 

 between two and three hundred boats, about one-fifth of which 

 were Irish, one-fifth Manx, a few Cornish, and the remainder 

 Scotch. Much of the fish goes to Scotland, via Downpatrick and 

 Belfast, but the greater portion is taken direct to Holyhead, in 

 which trade two steamers are engaged, making runs daily during 

 the season. In spite of the weather, the party were able to return 

 to Belfast with a store of recollections, of amusement, and instruc- 

 tion, derived from their day's trip to Ardglass. 



On Saturday, 8th September, to 



DUNDONALD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



The Club brought its Fourteenth Summer Session to a close 

 by a most successful excursion to Dundonald and neighbourhood. 



By twelve o'clock, the time appointed for starting, about forty 

 members and friends had assembled at the Ulster Hall, and were 

 soon seated in the vehicles, and on their way to Dundonald. No 

 halt was made until the extensive sandstone quarries at Bally oran 

 were reached. Much surprise was manifested at the fine bed of 

 stone which is being worked here, and at its uniform character 

 and rich brown colour, closely resembling the well-known Dumfries 

 stone, at present so much in favour. After examining the quarry, 

 and witnessing the mode of raising and squaring the stone for the 

 market, the party retired to a sheltered spot, where a paper was 



