544 [P™<^- B.N.P.C., 



Mr. J. W, Ward exhibited the manipulation of the polariscope. 

 Mr. Barklie and others a number of general objects ; and Mr. 

 John Donaldson specimens of dirty water from the Victoria 

 Park, teeming with infusorial life, in which rotifers and other 

 creatures were seen at work or at play, regardless of the " fierce 

 light " of criticism that was directed upon them. The Rev. H. 

 W. Lett, M.A., T.C.D., exhibited a new fungus — Pimmia pari- 

 sitica — recently discovered by Mr. Greenwood Pim upon the 

 decaying stalks of the Passion flower. 



The election of a number of new members brought the 

 proceedings to a close. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 The twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Members of the Club 

 was held in the Museum, College Square, on Tuesday, 19th 

 April — the chair (in the absence of the President) being occu- 

 pied by Mr. William Gray, M.R.I.A. This being the final 

 meeting for the year much interest attaches to it. The reports 

 of Secretaries and Treasurer are brought forward, and the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year takes place. The col- 

 lections submitted in competition for the various prizes offered 

 are also on view. These on the present occasion formed an 

 attractive feature, occupying the space afforded by two large 

 tables. 



Before proceeding to the official part of the evening's work, 

 the Senior Hon. Secretary called attention to a large 

 piece of silicified wood which was exhibited, and stated that, in 

 company with Mr. S. A. Stewart, Scientific Curator of the 

 Museum Collections, he had visited the works of the Belfast 

 Water Commissioners, in progress at Stoneyford, to ascertam 

 the conditions of occurrence of several large pieces of this 

 fossil wood found there. It was ascertained that they occurred 

 in the Boulder Clay, at a depth of about twenty-two feet from 

 the surface, having evidently been transported to the site by 

 the same agencies which formed the deposit. Several blocks 



