1888-89.] I4 1 



the subsequent development of chambers of less increasing 

 proportions was the rule. This was illustrated by a series of 

 diagrams and views of remarkable foraminal growth, thrown 

 on the screen by lantern and limelight. 



Canon Grainger begged leave to read a letter received by 

 him from Rev. H. B. Carter, D.D., Cookstown, of the occurence 

 of a seal on the North Antrim coast, near Ballintoy. The 

 species seemed to be Phoca vitidina. It was killed by the 

 fishermen of the neighbourhood. 



The examination of the admirable series of drawings and 

 diagrams, illustrations of the various papers, and the election 

 of members concluded the evening. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the club was held in 

 the Museum, College square North, on Monday evening, 29th 

 April, the President (Mr. Hugh Robinson, M.R.I.A.) in the 

 chair. 



The President opened the business of the evening by calling 

 for the Secretaries' report. 



Mr. Wm. Swanston, F.G.S., Senior Hon. Secretary, then 

 read the report, which, with the statement of accounts, appears 

 in full in the earlier pages of this part of the Proceedings. 



The Treasurer (Mr. S. A. Stewart) was then called upon, and 

 from the statement presented by him it transpired that the 

 Club was in a sound financial position. 



Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E., in moving the adoption of the 

 report and statement of accounts, said that it was most satis- 

 factory to know that the twenty-seventh year of the Club's 

 existence found it in a flourishing and prosperous condition, 

 providing pleasant recreation for its members in | the shape 

 of summer excursions and winter lectures, and at the same 

 time steadily fulfilling the objects for which it had been set 

 on foot — the practical study of natural science and archaeology 



