REPORT. 



Your Committee beg to submit their twenty-ninth Annual 

 Report, and have pleasure in recording an augmented energy 

 and vitality in all departments of the Club's work. The 

 membership of the Society, which last year showed a con 

 siderable increase, is still rapidly rising. During the year now 

 closed 7 1 new members were elected, while 3 1 names have to 

 be erased from the list owing to death or resignation, making 

 the present membership 323, which is the largest ever attained 

 since the foundation of the Club, 29 years ago. 



The summer programme proved a highly attractive one, and 

 was carried out in all particulars, and the members had the good 

 fortune to enjoy beautiful weather on almost every occasion. 

 The attendance at the various excursions was good, averaging 

 fifty members and friends on each field day. The localities 

 visited were as follows : — 



1. Armagh ... ... .. .. 23rd May. 



2. Downpatrick. . .. ... .. 13th June. 



3. Killyleagh ... ... ... ... 4th July. 



4. Enniskillen and Lough Erne ... ... 29th, 30th, & 31st July. 



5. Cultra (extra excursion) ... ... 7th August. 



6. Woodburn and Duncrue ... ... 15th August. 



7. Templepatrick and Dunagore ... .. 5th September. 



Your Committee have again to thank a number of noblemen 

 and gentlemen for kind permission to pass through their 

 grounds, and for assisting the work of the Club in a number of 

 other ways. They would specially mention the courtesy of 

 the Lord Primate and the Rev. Dean Chadwick at Armagh, 

 Colonel Hamilton at Killyleagh, the Earl of Erne at Crom 

 Castle, the local representatives of the Salt Union (Limited), 

 and the Belfast Water Commissioners at Woodburn, and Lord 

 Templetown at Templepatrick. They have also to acknow- 



