REPORT 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB, 



FOR THE YEAR 1878-79. 



N meeting with the members at the close of the sixteenth 

 year of the Club's existence, your Committee are gratified 

 at being able to report that the Society continues to en- 

 joy a fair amount of prosperity. The membership is about as 

 numerous as it has been at any time, and a considerable degree of 

 interest in the Club's operations is manifested, not only by its 

 members, but also by the public at large. 



During the Summer Session the usual field meetings were ar- 

 ranged for, and localities selected which possessed considerable 

 interest. The majority of these Excursions were well attended, 

 and proved both instructive and interesting to the members. It 

 is, however, to be regretted that in some instances, owing to uri- 

 favourable weather and other causes, the attendance was insufficient, 

 and that on one occasion it became necessary to abandon an ex- 

 cursion after it had been announced. Any failure in this respect 



