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in Ireland. He would draw particular attention to what, 

 in the report which they had just heard, has been rightly 

 styled the most important event in the Club's history of the 

 past year — the publication of Messrs. Stewart and Corry's 

 " Flora of the North East of Ireland." This work, the result 

 of many years' patient investigation by members of the Natu- 

 ralists' Field Club, notably by Mr. S. A. Stewart, is one of 

 which any scientific society may well feel proud. Owing to the 

 untimely death of Mr. Corry, the laborious work of compiling, 

 editing, and revising the great amount of matter which the 

 book contains, fell entirely on the senior editor, who has 

 performed his task with a thoroughness and zeal which are 

 worthy of the highest commendation. The book k has been 

 most favourably reviewed by the scientific Press, and is one 

 whose appearance will be welcomed by all those who are 

 interested in the science of botany, while to Irish botanists it 

 will be simply invaluable. 



Rev. C. H. Waddell, M.A., seconded the motion, and the 

 report and financial statement were adopted. 



The next business was the election of officers for the ensuing 

 year. Mr. William Gray, M.R.I. A., was elected President, and 

 Mr. John Vinycomb, Vice-president. The Treasurer and Hon. 

 Secretaries were re-elected, and the Committee, with some 

 slight changes, resumed office. 



Mr. Hugh Robinson (outgoing President), before leaving the 

 chair, thanked the members for the kindness and courtesy 

 they had extended to him during his term of office, and 

 expressed the pleasure he felt in vacating office in favour of 

 Mr. William Gray, an old and tried friend of the Club. 



Mr. Gray, who was received with applause, thanked the 

 members for the honour they had again conferred upon him by 

 electing him as President for a second term after a lapse of 

 some years, an honour which, he believed, had not previously 

 been conferred on any other member of the Club. The first 

 Presidential duty he would be called upon to perform was a very 

 pleasant one. He had been asked to undertake it on behalf 



