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one of William III. a.d. 1698, several Elizabethan coins, a 

 book published in 1 851, by Dr. Harvey, discoverer of the cir- 

 culation of the blood; and a copy of the Ion Basilike, 1648. 

 He also exhibited a sun dial containing a table of the equation 

 of time, for changing the solar time as shown by the dial into 

 mean time to the nearest minute. 



The photographic members of the Club exhibited a number 

 of frames of photos taken during recent excursions — one espe- 

 cially, illustrating the antiquities of the Boyne, visited last 

 July. The chief of these were by Messrs. W. Swanston, 

 F.G.S., George Donaldson, John Donaldson, and Robert 

 Welch. 



The Club's albums have also been enhanced during the year 

 by contributions from the members above-named, and with 

 the portrait and sketch albums, and other books of the Club, 

 were on the tables. 



Mr. Isaac Ward showed a splendidly illustrated book of 

 recent astronomical research, published by Harvard University, 

 which shows what wonderful strides American astronomers, 

 aided by the clear air of the Rocky Mountains, are making in 

 the observational branches of the science. 



Messrs. Wright, Firth, and Swanston lent a number of oil 

 and water-colour drawings and engravings, and Mr. F. W. 

 Lockwood showed two large drawings of St. Saviour's priory 

 and cathedral and round tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow. 



OPENING ADDRESS. 



The first business meeting of the Winter Session was 

 held in the Museum, College Square North, on the evening 

 of November 20th, when the President — Mr. Hugh Robinson, 

 M.R.I.A. — delivered the following inaugural address : — 



When I had the honour of addressing you at the opening of 

 our last session, the time at my disposal only permitted of my 

 giving you some account of the various institutions which had 



