REPORT. 



The Committee of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club have 

 pleasure in laying before the Society their thirtieth Annual 

 Report, which records its continued success, and an increase 

 both of the membership, and of the work done under the Club's 

 auspices. The membership, which last year stood at 323, being 

 the largest ever attained since the foundation of the Society, 

 now numbers 404, 92 new members having been elected during 

 the year which has just closed, while 11 names have to be 

 struck off the list owing to death or resignation. 



The summer programme was the most extensive ever held in 

 the history of the Club, embracing as it did one three-day 

 excursion, one two-day excursion, five whole-day excursions, 

 and two half-day excursions. The summer work also included 

 an investigation of the gravel -beds at Ballyrudder, Co. Antrim, 

 when members were given an opportunity for examining these 

 interesting deposits. The only excursion on the programme 

 which was not carried out was a half-day trip to Cave Hill, for 

 which was substituted the whole day Gobbins excursion, which 

 could not be held on the appointed date owing to severity of 

 weather. The localities visited and dates of the excursions were 

 as follow : — 



1. White Park Bay 



May 2 1st. 



June 1 8th. 

 June 24th & 25th. 

 July nth, 1 2th, & 13th. 

 July 30th. 

 August 13th. 

 August 27th. 

 September loth. 

 September 17th. 



2. Gobbins 



3. Mourne Mountains 



4. Lough Erne, Bundoran, and Sligo 



5. Benevenagh ... 



6. Drum bo and Giant's Ring 



7. Lagan Canal 



8. Knockagh 



9. Ardglass 



The attendance of members and visitors at these excursions 

 was large, the average attendance being 54, the largest being 

 120 at Lagan Canal, the smallest 11 at Mourne Mountains. 

 The excursion to the Sligo district, when a party of 50 members 

 spent three days of perfect summer weather in exploring the 

 natural beauties and the fauna, flora, and antiquities of Lower 



