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or a similar contribution to the history and archaeology of the 

 Province, will be commenced at an early date, and have every 

 reason to believe that such a publication is not only required 

 at present, but would meet with liberal support. 



Your Committee, in furtherance of an opinion expressed 

 at one of the meetings held last year, that an aquarium should 

 be established in Belfast, appointed a committee to consult 

 with the Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens upon the 

 desirabiltty of carrying out the suggestion. This committee 

 reported that the Directors of the Botanic Gardens were most 

 anxious to promote the object in every way in their power, 

 and would gladly give a site for the tanks in the Gardens. 

 The matter is under consideration, and your Committee have 

 every reason to hope that the project will be realised before 

 long. 



Your Committee, having out of the treasurer's fund a 

 small sum placed at their disposal for " Geological and 

 Archaeological searches or excavations," appointed a sub-com- 

 mittee to explore certain pre-historic remains in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Armoy, County Antrim. The result of this 

 exploration is embodied in a report which is published herewith. 



The Committee have provided a portfolio for the reception 

 of sketches, measurements, orillustrations of Natural History, 

 Geology, Archaeology, &c, andagain recommend " that the 

 members and friends of the society should embrace every 

 opportunity to multiply records of this description," and send 

 them to the secretaries to be permanently secured in the Club's 

 Sketch Book. 



Dr. James Thomson, C.E. ; Dr. James Moore, M.R.I. A. ; 

 and Messrs. John Anderson, F.G.S. ; Robert Young, C.E. ; 

 and S. A. Stewart having been appointed the judges of the 

 Collections sent in competition for the Prizes offered by the 

 Club, have awarded the following ; xvii "' William Swanston, 



