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sidered they would be acting in accordance with the wishes of 

 the members if they would endeavour to mark the event in 

 some special manner. After consideration it was decided to 

 hold a Conversazione on a date as near as possible to that 

 on which the inaugural meeting of the Club was held The 

 scheme was accordingly carried out on 27th March, and the 

 Conversazione then held was pronounced a complete success, 

 and your Committee have reason to believe that the members 

 generally were highly gratified with the arrangements. 



The Annual Report and Proceedings for the past year are 

 now in the hands of the members, and your Committee have 

 pleasure in directing attention to the valuable contribution by 

 Mr. R. LI. Praeger, B.A., B.E., which appears in it as an 

 appendix, forming as it does an important addition to our 

 knowledge of the Estuarine Clays and their associated beds. 



Your Committee take this opportunity of again thanking 

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

 meteorological summary and monthly weather notes with 

 which your proceedings are again enriched, and they desire to 

 express their appreciation of Mr. Turtle's kindness in continuing 

 to favour the Club with his statistics. 



Your Committee also avail themselves of this opportunity 

 of thanking those noblemen and gentlemen who favoured the 

 Club on their Excursions, and they would especially mention 

 the kindness of Sir Edward Harland for liberty to enter 

 Glenarm Park ; to J. Warnock, Esq , and Mrs. Warnock, for 

 their hospitality and kindness on the Excursion to Portaferry 

 and Strangford ; to Lord O'Neill, for liberty to visit the 

 grounds of Shane's Castle ; and to the Earl of Roden, Tolly- 

 more, for the privilege of holding the Fungus Foray in Tolly- 

 more Park. 



The Committee have pleasure in announcing that the 

 Flora of North-East of Ireland is now almost through the 

 Press, and will be ready for issue in a few weeks. This much 

 needed work they are confident will supply the fullest and most 

 accurate account of our native vegetation, and it is anticipated 



