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



The excursion to Drogheda and the Boyne was a depar- 

 ture from the ordinary custom, in that it was jointly 

 undertaken with the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club. The 

 result was an exceedingly instructive and interesting meeting, 

 and it proved a source of pleasant and profitable interchange of 

 thought with the members of the Dublin Society. 



The excursion to Belvoir Park was perhaps the most 

 largely attended of any in the Club's history. 



The Winter Session was opened by a Social Meeting in 

 November, and in addition six Ordinary Meetings were held, 

 one of which, devoted to the microscope and its manipulation, 

 was more than usually appreciated, and it proved a good 

 opportunity for estimating the advances made in this highly 

 popular field of work. 



The attendance of members at both the Summer and 

 Winter Meetings was above the average of past years. 



The following are the particulars of the various Winter 

 Meetings :— 



6th Nov. I.— Social Meeting. 

 20th Nov. II. — Presidential Address. 



18th Dec. III.—" A Deep Sea Dredging Expedition," by R. L. Praeger, B.A., B.E. 

 i-k T itt (" Photography as an Aid to the Club's Work," by W. Swanston, 



29 •' an ' ' ( F.G.S. 



26th Feb. V. — Microscopic Evening. 



["Vestiges of Early Man in Antrim and Down," by William 



Gray, M.R.I.A. 

 " Notes on Desmids found in the North of Ireland," by Rev. H. 

 9 th April VH.J W. Lett, M.A., T.C.D. 



" Notes on the Seven Churches of Glendalough," by F. W. 

 Lockwood. 



26th Mar. VI. J 



A most important event of the year was undoubtedly the 

 issue under the Club's auspices of " The Flora of the North- 

 East of Ireland," by S. A. Stewart, F.B.S. Edin., and the late 

 T. H. Corry, MA., F.L.S., M.R.I.A., &c, a publication which 

 your Committee look upon with pride as the original work of 

 two members of the Club, and which, they consider, reflects 

 much credit upon the authors. The careful and thorough man- 



