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carrying out its objects, and would especially mention the kind 

 manner in which the Belfast Water Commissioners acceded to 

 the request of your Sub-Committee, and in the practical way 

 in which their contractors, through the resident engineer, 

 facilitated our operations at Lough Mourne. The thanks of 

 your Committee are also due and are hereby tendered to Canon 

 Grainger, D.D., M.R.I.A., and to George Kidd, Esq., for their 

 kindness in guiding and entertaining the excursions to their 

 neighbourhoods. 



Appended are the reports of the judges appointed by the 

 Committee to examine the various collections and drawings 

 submitted in competition for the prizes offered by the Club. 



We have examined with very great interest the collection 

 of Lepidoptera submitted by Mr. Isaac Waugh in competition 

 for Prize 15. The collection is contained in five cases, and 

 consists of 160 species, represented by a large number of speci- 

 mens carefully preserved and set up. We have much pleasure 

 in awarding Mr. Waugh the prize- 



William Swanston. 

 S. A. Stewart. 



In the way of drawings there is only one competitor, viz., 

 Mr. William Gray, who sends in three drawings for the Presi- 

 dent's Prize, No. 24. These are of Cromlechs, and the examples 

 selected are of more than ordinary interest, and are well re- 

 presented. We consider them worthy of the prize offered. 



James Moore, M.D. 

 John Vinycomb. 



Mr. Charles Bulla submits a collection of Carboniferous 

 Fossils in competition for Prize 10. These well represent the 

 Palaeontology of the Armagh and County Down rocks of this 

 formation, and we have much pleasure in awarding the prize 

 for it. 



Joseph Wright. 

 S. A. Stewart. 



