406 [Proc. B. N. F. C, 



4. Collin Glen ... ... ... ... August 8th. 



5. Greyabbey ... ... ... ... „ 29th. 



6. Crossgar, for a fungus foray ... ... ... September 19th. 



The additional excursions announced in summer programme 

 were prevented from taking place. 



A Sub-Committee having been appointed at the last Annual 

 Meeting to make arrangements, if found practicable, for carry- 

 ing out a dredging excursion in the Lough, that excursion took 

 place on June 23rd, and proved a success, 54 members and 

 friends joining ; it is very satisfactory to state that only a few 

 shillings of the;^5 guaranteed from the funds of the Club were 

 required. 



A full report of this, as well as the other excursions, 

 appeared in the local papers, and will be embodied in the 

 Report and Proceedings for the year. Advantage has been 

 taken of the delay in issuing the Proceedings for 1884-5 to 

 include in it a list of the Foraminifera of that cruise, prepared 

 by Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., and also a list of the Ostracoda 

 then obtained by Dr. S. M. Malco'mson ; both these lists are 

 illustrated with plates, and form valuable contributions to our 

 local natural history. 



The Winter Session was opened by a Social Meeting ; and 

 in addition, five ordinary meetings were held, at which seven 

 distinct communications were brought forward. The Secretaries 

 also at one of those meetings brought under the notice of the 

 members the fact that an effort was being made to have the old 

 North Gate of Carrickfergus removed. The unanimous feeling 

 of the meeting was that the Club would much regret the 

 removal of such an interesting archaeological relic, and the 

 Secretaries were instructed to convey to the Grand Jury of the 

 Town and County of Carrickfergus the sense of the meeting as 

 expressed in the resolution. This was done, and it is gratifying 

 to know that the Gate is for the present safe, but the question 

 of its removal may at any time be revived. 



Your Secretaries having learned that the old Cross at 

 Dromore, County Down, which has for a long time remained 



