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4. Kilkeel, Greencastle, and Mourne Mountains ... 24th & 25th July. 



5. Loughinisland .. 17th August. 



6. Tynan and Caledon ... ... ... ... 7th September. 



The attendance at most of these excursions was quite up 

 lo the average, and several of the districts had never before 

 been visited by the Field Club as an organised body. 



The Committee have, as usual, to acknowledge the kind- 

 ness of various gentlemen in granting access to their grounds, 

 and are especially indebted to Sir J. C. Stronge, Bart., for 

 admission to Tynan Abbey, and to Mr. Robert Hassard, J.P., 

 for permission to pass through the grounds of Parkmore. 



An application having been made to the Club by Messrs. 

 William Gray, M.R.I.A., and R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E., who have 

 received grants from the Royal Irish Academy to investigate 

 the flint implement beds and Estuarine Clay deposits of the 

 North of Ireland, offering out of these grants a sum of ^5, 

 provided the Club would contribute a similar sum, to be de- 

 voted to a further examination of the Larne gravels and under- 

 lying beds, your Committee voted this sum under the powers 

 given by Rule VIII., and appointed Messrs. Wright, Stewart, and 

 the Honorary Secretaries to assist Messrs. Gray and Praeger in 

 the work. The investigation took place on May 27th and 

 subsequent days, and a full report of the results was read by 

 Mr. Praeger at a meeting of the Club on the 19th November, 

 and is incorporated in the Proceedings of the current year. 



The following communications were brought forward 

 during the Winter Session : — 



/ Introductory Remarks by the President, William Gray, M.R.I. A. 

 Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the Gravels and un- 

 • *t J derlying Beds at Larne, by R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E. 



Notice of the occurrence of the Stock Dove in the County of Antrim, 



by R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E. 

 / "Some Notes on Plant Life," by Rev. C. Herbert Waddell, M.A. 

 17th Dec. J « Qn the Cdls of Mosses," by Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., T.C.D. 



