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Lough Erne, Bundoran, Ben Bulben, Sligo, and Lough Gill, 

 was voted by those present to have excelled in interest any ex- 

 cursion previously held under the Club's auspices ; while the 

 few members who took part in the two-day mountain-climbing 

 trip to the Mourne Mountains brought back with them, in 

 addition to many geological and natural history specimens of 

 interest and rarity, a knowledge of the more inaccessible part of 

 the Mourne Range, and of the magnificent mountain scenery 

 that it affords — a district which is not half as well known to, or 

 appreciated by our naturalists and artists as it merits. In con- 

 nection with the summer excursions, the best thanks of your 

 Committee are due to a number of gentlemen for kind assistance 

 rendered : to Thomas Plunkett, M.R.I.A., and several other 

 local gentlemen, for much assistance in connection with 

 the arrangements for the Sligo excursion ; to Sir Frederick 

 Heygate, Bart., for permission to enter his beautiful grounds at 

 Benevenagh ; and to the Directors of the Lagan Navigation 

 Company, for placing at the disposal of the Club their flotilla 

 of boats, and otherwise assisting the party, on the occasion of 

 the Lagan Canal excursion. 



A resolution having been passed at one of the Winter 

 Meetings last session appointing a sub-committee to investigate 

 and report on the Glacial gravels of Ballyrudder, Co. Antrim, 

 with special reference to the suggested occurrence in them of 

 worked flints ; this investigation was carried out early in the 

 month of July, and the report of the sub-committee will be 

 found in full in the Proceedings for the year now completed, 

 which will shortly be in the hands of members. 



The Winter Session was opened with a Social Meeting in the 

 Exhibition Hall, Botanic Avenue, on October 28th. On the 

 occasion of the last Social Meeting the accommodation at the 

 Belfast Museum proved, for the first time in the history of the 

 Club, inadequate for the company who assembled, and the 

 engagement of more commodious premises on the present 

 occasion was fully justified, as the fine hall at the Botanic 

 Gardens was filled to overflowing, the attendance numbering 

 close upon 600 members and visitors. The dates of the winter 



