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Club has sustained by the death of Rev. Canon Graves, D.D., 

 M.R.I.A., who was for many years an Honorary Associate of 

 your Club, and whose labours in Early Irish History, and 

 Archaeology are so well known and appreciated. Your Com- 

 mittee have also to lament the death of Mr. Henry Knight, 

 who was early connected with your Club, and who, though for 

 several years previous to his death resident in England, never 

 lost his interest in your work. 



Your Committee avail themselves of this opportunity of 

 expressing the thanks of the Club to all who in any way 

 contributed to the success or pleasure of the excursions during 

 the past year, and would especially name John Jellie, Esq., J.P., 

 for his kindness and hospitality on the excursion to Woodburn ; 

 and to George Kidd, Esq., on the occasion of the visit to Collin 

 Glen ; to Hugh Montgomery, Esq., D.L., for liberty to visit 

 the grounds and interesting ruins of Grey Abbey, and to Wm. 

 Davison, Esq., J. P., for permission to hold a fungus foray in 

 the wooded grounds of Rademon. 



Your Committee would also again express the thanks of the 

 Club to Lancelot Turtle, Esq., J.P., for the very comprehensive 

 summary of meteorological observations and monthly weather 

 notes which form part of your proceedings, and which they are 

 confident will prove useful and interesting to the members. 



Your Committee have to apologise for a considerable delay 

 in the issue of the Report and Proceedings for 1884-5, but take 

 this opportunity of pointing out to the members that it includes, 

 in addition to the ordinary contents, a voluminous appendix on 

 four distinct subjects, two of which, as before stated, arise out 

 of the dredging cruise of the Protector — these are by Messrs. 

 Wright and Malcomson ; Mr. Wright also contributes a 

 valuable addition to the list of Cretaceous Microzoa of the North 

 East of Ireland. Mr. S. A. Stewart edits a list of Coleoptera 

 made in Ulster by the late Robert Patterson, Esq., F.R.S., and 

 the Rev. H. W. Lett furnishes a list of Fungi of Antrim and 

 Down. This latter is the most complete list yet made from any 

 Irish locality. It will therefore be evident that this appendix 



