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Dr. MacIlwaine briefly replied, and the ordinary business 

 having concluded, the members proceeded with the business of 



THE PRESENTATION TO MR. WILLIAM GRAY, SENIOR HONORARY 

 SECRETARY. 



[The following is extracted from the "Belfast News-Letter.^ 



The Rev. Dr. MacIlwaine having been called to the chair, 

 expressed the great pleasure he felt in presiding on such an 

 occasion, when the members of the Club were about to do honour 

 to one of the honorary secretaries — (applause) — by presenting him 

 with a token of their esteem and regard. (Applause.) The idea, 

 he might say, originated with Dr. Keown, and was taken up with 

 great spirit and cordiality by the members. (Applause.) 



Dr. Keown, who was received with applause, then explained 

 the circumstances under which the presentation originated. About 

 113 of the members cordially subscribed, and he might say that 

 far more money might have been obtained had those who got up 

 the presentation desired it. The subscriptions were confined to 

 members of the Club, no application being made to persons outside, 

 though very many would willingly have subscribed had they been 

 permitted. (Hear, hear.) Dr. Keown then read the address, 

 which was beautifully illuminated by Messrs. Marcus Ward & Co., 

 and presented to Mr. Gray in the form of an album, bound with 

 his likeness and a series of photographic views of the places visited 

 by the Club under Mr. Gray's guidance. In addition to the 

 album Mr. Gray received a purse of sovereigns, and a very elegant 

 porcelain centre piece from the Belleek Pottery Works. 



Mr. Gray having replied to the address, and thanked the com- 

 mittee and contributors, 



Mr. A. O'D. Taylor and Professor James Thomson bore 

 testimony to the valuable services Mr. Gray had conferred on the 

 Society. Both gentlemen expressed the cordial feelings entertained 

 by the members of the Natural History and Philosophical Society 

 towards the Naturalists' Field Club, as being workers together in 

 the same great cause, and stated that, had they been permitted, the 

 members of the Philosophical Society would gladly have contri- 



