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1869. 

 Jan. 10th. — " Belleek Pottery," by Mr. William Gray. 

 Jan. 26th.—" A Visit to the Glens of Antrim/' by Mr. William Miller. 

 „ " Mr. Rogan's Quaint Descriptive List of the Antiquities, 



&c, in Mr. Walsh's Collection, Dromore," by Mr. W. 



Gray. 

 Feb. 4th. — " The Microscope ; and How to Use it," by Mr. Lewis G. 



MiUs, LL.B. 

 Feb. 18th. — Evening devoted to an Exhibition of Microscopes. 

 Mar. 4th. — "Archaic Anthropology," by Dr. Holden. 

 Mar. 18th. — " A Notice of some Ancient Tombstones at the Abbey Church 



of Movilla, County Down," by Mr. W. H. Patterson. 

 „ "The Flaked, Chipped, and Worked Flints found in the 



Gravels in the Neighbourhood of Holy wood, Co. Down," 



by Mr. J. H. Staples. 

 April 1st. — " Sponges," by Eev. Dr. Macllwaine. 



Abstraets of those Papers are appended. 



Four Collections have been submitted in competition for the 

 Prizes offered by the Club ; and Robert Patterson, Esq., F.R.S., 

 and Joseph Wright, Esq., F.G.S., were appointed judges, to report 

 on the merits of th j . collections, and these gentlemen have reported 

 as follows : — 



" We have much pleasure in looking over the different collections 

 of objects submitted to our inspection. They all, in our opinion, 

 fulfil the prescribed conditions, taking for granted that the species 

 are correctly named, which we are not disposed to question. 



" 1. The collection of Mosses submitted by Mr. Geo. Donaldson. 

 This consists of ninety-one species, the locality and date being in 

 every instance attached. The specimens have been selected and 

 mounted with great care, and testify the great zeal and assiduity 

 of the gentleman of whose herbarium they form a portion. The 

 graceful appearance of many of them cannot fail to strike the most 

 casual observer. 



" 2. The collection of Cretaceous Fossils submitted by Mr. 

 S. A. Stewart comprises seventy-eight species and two named 

 varieties, a number that could only have been brought together 

 by a very great amount of personal exertion, and an expenditure 

 of time that none but a zealous votary of science would devote 



