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senior secretary, in the absence of Mr. L. M. Ewart, J.P., 

 called attention to the fine display illustrative of the linen 

 industry, which occupied one end of the lecture hail, and which 

 was kindly shown by Messrs. William Ewart & Sons. He also 

 directed attention to the collections of natural history and 

 geological objects, for which prizes had been awarded at the last 

 Annual Meeting of the Club, and which were now on view, 

 showing a highly commendable amount of energy, zeal, and 

 neatness of manipulation on the part of the competitors. He 

 regretted to have to announce that the beautiful Celtic shrine 

 recently found in Lough Erne, which was to have been on 

 exhibition, had not arrived in time for the meeting, and also 

 that the unfavourable state of the weather would prevent the 

 successful working of an astronomical telescope on the roof of 

 the Museum, which had been kindly undertaken by the secre- 

 tary of the Ulster Astronomical Society. 



The company then scattered themselves through the rooms, 

 engaged in an examination of the various exhibits. Prominent 

 on the walls of the lecture hall hung a magnificent set of archaeo- 

 logical photographs, executed in the platinotype process on full 

 photographic plates, and illustrating to the number of 130 the 

 ancient castles, abbeys, churches, round towers, cromleacs, stone 

 circles, caiseals, forts, and crosses of the North of Ireland. This 

 splendid series is the work of Mr. Robert Welch, and is a gift 

 from him to the Club, and forms the neucleus of the systematic 

 collection of antiquarian and other photographs, which a special 

 committee is engaged in bringing together. Prominent among 

 Mr. Welch's photographs was a series illustrating the Irish anti- 

 quities in the large and valuable collection of their past President, 

 Rev. Canon Grainger, M.R.I.A., recently presented to the city, 

 and part of which had been opened that day for public inspection 

 at the Free Library. Two large frames of photographs, mostly 

 taken on the excursions of the summer session, were exhibited 

 by Mr. George Donaldson, and were much admired, his view of 

 the interior of Armagh Cathedral being indeed a triumph of the 

 photograhic art. A number of other members, including Miss 



