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Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 



fear §ntong 31sf ^Stard), 1880. 



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| OUR Committee in meeting you at the close of the 

 seventeenth year of the Club's existence have much 

 pleasure in reporting the continued prosperous state 

 of the Society, both as regards its membership and 

 the interest evinced in the various subjects brought under discus- 

 sion. 



The Excursions selected for the Summer Session were, without 

 exception, carried out. The attendance of members was not, 

 however, so large as could have been wished. This was mainly 

 due to the very unfavourable nature of the season, which was 

 remarkable for cold winds in the opening months, and excessive 

 rains towards its close. 



The Committee desire to express the thanks of the Club to 

 those Gentlemen who so kindly allowed the members attending 

 the excursions to visit their grounds, and especially to Mr. Mann 



