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The attendance and the interest evinced in the excursions 

 were well sustained, and your Committee recommend a similar 

 arrangement to their successors. 



The following is a list of the places visited : — 



1. The Gobbins and Southern end of.Islandmagee ... May 17th. 



2. Dunadry, Muckamore Glen, and Antrim ... June 14th. 



3. Ballycastle, Fair Head, and Antrim Coast Road ... July 8th, 9th & loth 



4. Donaghadee ... ... ... .. August 7th. 



5. Sallagh Braes ... ... ... ... August 30th. 



6. Killymoon and Cookstown for a Fungus Foray ... September 30th. 



The special short excursions were as follow : — 



7. Cave Hill Quarries ... ... (Whit Monday) June 2nd. 



8. Botanic Gardens ... ... ... ... June 23rd. 



9 Drum bridge and Lagan ... ... ... July 19th. 



10. "Whitehead ... ... ... ... August 23rd. 



Your Committee having learned that a very fine canoe had 

 been discovered in Lough Mourne during the progress of the 

 works being carried out there by the Belfast Water Commis- 

 sioners, and, taking into consideration the fact that the Club 

 had granted the sum of ^10 on a past occasion to investigate 

 the crannoges that had there been exposed, it was thought 

 desirable to ask the Water Commissioners to hand over the 

 canoe to your Committee, with the view of having it placed in 

 the Museum of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 to be there preserved with the other remains found during that 

 investigation. The Commissioners having graciously acceded 

 to the request, the canoe was removed to the Museum, and now 

 forms an important feature among the local antiquities. 



A social meeting was held in the Museum on 28th October, 

 to which the members were admitted free, and were granted 

 the privilege of introducing a friend. The attendance was 

 good, and much interest was taken in the various exhibits. 

 Seven additional meetings were held, at which eight distinct 

 communications were brought forward. An entire evening 

 was also devoted to the exhibition of microscopic objects, and 

 the practical demonstration of various methods of mounting 



