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was a fine set of six water-colour paintings lent by Professor A. L. 

 Meisner, comprising works by Prout, David Cox, Nash, Jackson, 

 and Paul Marny. Mr. Rd. Nivjen contributed a masterly pen-and- 

 ink drawing by T. A. Jones, R.H.A., representing the " Farewell " 

 of an Irish emigrant. Two water-colour sketches by the late 

 G. V. Du Noyer were exhibited by Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A. 

 Mr. Thomas M. Lindsay and Mr. John Teasdale covered two 

 large screens with a series of striking views of local scenery, and 

 other drawings and sketches of interest. One of the most valuable 

 contributions in the room was lent by Mr. Charles Elcock. It 

 consisted of a bound portfolio of exquisite sketches of the fishes 

 of the Ganges, done many years ago by an artist whose name has 

 been forgotten. Mr. Robert Young, C.E., exhibited two cases of 

 ancient illuminated manuscripts and engravings. The quaintness 

 of some Of the latter attracted considerable attention. 



The album of the Club has received during the year several 

 additions. Amongst these is a set of drawings of Irish antiquities 

 (some of which are no longer in the country) executed by Miss 

 Carruthers, to whom was awarded a prize offered by the Vice- 

 President, Mr. Wm. Gray. Also, two water-colour drawings by 

 Mr. F. W. Lockwood ; one of these represented Kirkistown Castle, 

 County Down, a typical and nearly perfect specimen of the series 

 of Anglo-Norman castles built round Strangford Lough in the 

 fourteenth century, but now nearly all destroyed through neglect 

 and other causes. The second is an elaborate drawing of the 

 curious doorway of Newtownards old church, the quaint and 

 rapidly decaying carvings of which have thus been rescued from 

 oblivion. The album also contains some interesting drawings of 

 geological subjects which recently obtained the prize offered by 

 Mr. William Swanston. 



Mr, Joseph Radley (Lisburn) exhibited a valuable copy of 

 De Imitatione Christi, bound with the Passion Book, in black- 

 letter, Milan, 1488. This interesting volume was formerly in 



