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The awards of the judges appointed to examine the collec- 

 tions submitted in competition for the Club's prizes were next 

 read. They were briefly as follow : — Mr. R. LI. Praeger, B.A., 

 was awarded the first prize for a collection of flowering plants, 

 numbering 475 named species, among which are examples of 

 some of our rarest forms. Mr. D. Redmond was awarded the 

 second prize for a collection numbering 257 species ; Mr. John 

 J. Andrew was awarded the prize for the best collection of 

 mosses ; Mr. D. M'Kee, for a fine set of Carboniferous fossils, 

 chiefly fish remains, from Armagh ; Mr. C. Bulla gained the 

 prize for land and freshwater shells ; Mr. Glen carried off the 

 prize for the best set of microscopic slides, although followed 

 hard by a set sent in by Mr. D. M'Kee ; Dr. S. M. Malcomson 

 gained the prize for the best set of fungi made during the 

 season. Altogether, the interest in the prize list was highly 

 praiseworthy, and the standard of the various collections was 

 very high. 



The election of officers was next proceeded with. Canon 

 Grainger being unanimously re-elected President, and Mr. Hugh 

 Robinson Vice-President, for the ensuing year. It is most 

 gratifying to note that these gentlemen, on entering upon the 

 twenty-fourth year of the Club's history, have both sustained a 

 hearty interest in its pursuits from its infancy, the President 

 having referred with pardonable pride to the fact that he was 

 Chairman at the first Club meeting. The Hon. Secretaries and 

 Treasurer were also re-elected, as was also the Committee, with 

 some slight changes. 



The meeting then became more conversational, and sugges- 

 tions were invited tending to the advancement of the Club's 

 aims, and to suitable places for next summer's excursions. 

 Many tempting places were named. The final settlement, how- 

 ever, of this important point rests with the new Committee. 



The President stated that the meeting was honoured by 

 the presence of — Kane, Esq., M.R.I.A., of Kingstown, an 

 ardent lepidopterist, who was most anxious to see something of 

 the working of the Club, being deeply interested in a similar 



