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



3. Portaferry and Strangford ... ... ... 19th and 20th July. 



4. Shane's Castle and adjoining Shores of Lough Neagh 27th August. 



5. Tullamore Park for a Fungus Foray ... ... 17th September. 



The winter Session was opened by an address from the 

 President, Mr. Hugh Robinson, M.R.I.A., in which he gave 

 an able review of the progress of the agencies for the Promo- 

 tion of Natural Science in Belfast. The history of the Club, 

 especially the interesting facts connected with its formation, 

 were fully given, and your Committee have pleasure in stating 

 that the address will be given in full in your proceedings. 



The following are the communications brought forward 

 during the Winter Session : — 



1887. 



, XT j Presidential Address, " A Review of the Progress of Natural Science 



l in Belfast," by Mr. Hugh Robinson, M.R.I.A. 



I" On the Traps and Basalts of the Isle of Mull, and their relation to 

 those of Antrim," by J. Starkie Gardner, Esq., F.G.S., F.L.S. 

 of London. 

 Notes on Ancient Canoes recently found in Lough Mourne," by 

 Mr. F. W. Lockwood. 



1888. 

 , . C " Marks of Ownership in Books," by Mr. Robert Day, F.S.A., 



24 Ja "' I M.R.I.A., of Cork. 



o , „ , /"Some Notes on the Early Belfast Press, and its productions from 1700 



I to 1800." by Mr. R. M. Young, B.A. 



" Variations observed in the Growth of Mistletoe," by Mr. W. H. 

 Phillips. 



, A'l/ "Notes on Subjects brought before the late Meeting of the British 

 \ Association," by Mr. Wm. Gray, M.R.I.A. 



R eference to the Diatomaceous Deposits at Lough Mourne and in the 

 Mourne Mountains," by Messrs. Wm. A. Firth, and Wm. 

 Swanston, F.G.S. 



The meetings at which the above communications were 

 read were well attended, and the subjects are of much local 

 interest. The communication of Mr. Gardner, in the opinion 

 of your Committee, deserves special notice, as it brings the 

 literature bearing on important local geological questions up to 

 the latest date. 



Your Committee, in view of the fact that the Club having 

 now completed the first quarter Century of its existence, con- 



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