business meetings, and the subjects brought forward, are as 

 follow : — 



22nd Nov. I. Presidential Address. 



2. Report of the Sub-Committee appointed to investigate the Glacial 



gravels of Ballyrudder, County Antrim. — R. Lloyd Praeger, 

 M.R.I.A., hon. secretary. 



3. Report of the Club's Delegate to the Meeting of the British Associa- 



tion, 1892. — William Gray, M.R.I.A., delegate. 



4. "Rare Foraminifera obtained on the Club's last Dredging Excursion." 



—Joseph Wright, F.G.S. 

 20th Dec. 1, " Notes on New Zealand Geology." — Edward M'Connell (communi- 

 cated). 



2. " Denudation at Cultra, County Down." — Miss Mary K. Andrews 



(communicated). 



3. Local Botanical Notes, 1891 and 1892. — R. Lloyd Praeger, M.R.I.A., 



hon. secretary. 

 17th Jan. 1. "The Aran Islands: a Study in Irish Ethnography." — Prof. Alfred 



C. Haddon, M.A., M.R.I.A. 

 21st Feb. 1. " Some Local Folk-Lore." — Francis Joseph Bigger, hon. secretary. 

 2. "Worked Flints, Ancient and Modern." — William Gray, M.R.I.A. 

 2 1 st March . Microscopical Evening. 

 nth April Irish Folk-Lore. 



1. " Pishogues from Tipperary." — Miss Lily S. Mollan (communicated). 



2. "A Notice of Irish Fairies."— W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A. 



3. " Notes from County Down." — Mrs. Blair (communicated). 

 26th April Annual Meeting. 



The average attendance at the winter meetings was 10 1, the 

 largest being 300 at Professor Haddon's lecture on January 

 17th, the smallest 60 at December meeting. On January 18th, 

 Professor Haddon kindly continued his lecture on Irish Ethno- 

 graphy, and explained the steps now being taken by the British 

 Association for the carrying out of an ethnographical survey of 

 the United Kingdom. A local committee, of which W. H. 

 Patterson, M.R.I.A., was elected secretary, was appointed to 

 carry out the work in Ulster, under direction of the central 

 committee in Dublin, and your Committee trust that all mem- 

 bers and others willing to assist the work of this committee by 

 studying or collecting local folk-lore, physical measurements, 

 language, or antiquities will communicate with Mr. Patterson ; 

 the work offers a field of wide and varied interest, and is of very 

 high scientific importance. 



In order to increase the social usefulness of the Club, and for 

 the convenience of members residing at a distance, your Com- 

 mittee have during the Winter Session, with the valuable 

 assistance of two lady members, Mrs. Coulter and Mrs. Leslie, 



