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4. " On the skull of an Irish elk, recently found in dock excavations at 

 Belfast" — R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E., M.R.I.A., senior secretary. 

 1 5th March. Microscopical Evening. 



The formation towards the end of last year of a special 

 Section of the Club for the prosecution of microscopical study 

 supplied a want that had long been felt by those engaged in 

 that department of our work. The Section has held a number 

 of meetings during the past year, and, although the summer 

 excursions were not as well attended as they deserved to be, the 

 attendance at the winter meetings was quite satisfactory, and 

 the Microscopical Section may be considered an accomplished 

 success. The annual report of the Section will be found in the 

 present number of the Proceedings. 



The special committee appointed for the purpose of collect- 

 ing and arranging photographs taken by members of anti- 

 quarian and natural history objects continues its labours, and 

 up to the present some 200 photographs have been got 

 together, which will be classified and mounted in suitable 

 albums. 



Your Committee regret to have to record the loss by death 

 of several well-known members of the Society. In April, 1891, 

 Daniel M'Kee, an original member of the Club, and a member 

 of Committee for the last ten years, passed away. Later in the 

 year the Club sustained a serious loss in the death of Rev. 

 Canon J. Grainger, D.D., M.R.I. A., who held the position of 

 Chairman of Committee during the first year of the Club's 

 existence, and from 1885 to 1887 the analogous office of Presi- 

 dent, and who always took a warm and active interest in the 

 progress of the Club. Still more recently an irreparable loss to 

 Irish archaeological and historical research has been sustained 

 by the loss of our fellow-member, Right Rev. Wm. Reeves, 

 D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore. 



The judges appointed by the Committee to examine the 

 various collections submitted in competition for the Club's 

 prizes report as follows : — 



Prize 10. Miss Sydney M. Thompson submits a set of fossils 



