As the arrangements under which the meetings of the Win- 

 ter Session weie held interfered to a certain extent v/ith the 

 operations of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 your Committee were called upon to consider the arrange- 

 ments for next year, and an alteration has been agreed on, by 

 which the distinctive functions of each society will be more 

 clearly defined, while their mutual desire to assist and co- 

 operate with each other will not be interfered with. The same 

 number of meetings will be held as formerly, and the meetings 

 of the Field Club will alternate with those of the Natural 

 History and Philosophical Society. 



The members of Cthe lub entrusted by the Council of the 

 Natural History Society with the re-arrangement of the objects 

 in the Museum, have continued their labours, and have com- 

 pleted the mounting of the local geological collections. Seve- 

 ral members of the Club have contributed specimens from their 

 private cabinets to complete the series ; and your Committee 

 recommend the co-operation of the members generally in sup- 

 plying what are still wanting. 



Your Committee have pleasure in recording that the 

 Council of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 " in recognition of the benefits conferred on* the institution" 

 by the labours of the members just referred to, have elected 

 them " Honorary Associates" of that society, 



During the past year your Committee, aware of the earnest 

 desire that exists in many quarters that the publication of the 

 Ulster Journal of Archaeology should be revived, appointed a 

 sub-committee to report upon the possibility of accomplishing 

 this very desirable object ; but, after consultation with the 

 promoters and proprietors of the journal, the sub-committee 

 reported that circumstances prevented the possibility of re- 

 viving the publication at present. They do not, however, 

 abandon the hope that either the journal in its former character, 



