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tion of photography to the elucidation of meteorological pheno- 

 menon. 



In section B (Chemistry and Mineralogy) nothing of special 

 interest was brought forward. 



In section C (Geology) local societies have done good work, 

 and none have done better work than has been done by mem- 

 bers of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, a service well 

 appreciated by the Association. 



In connection with the investigation of underground waters 

 the members of the Club could render most valuable aid by 

 keeping a record of the result of well-sinking in and around 

 Belfast, and also the temperature and the variations in the depth 

 of water in wells. Perhaps the most successful and useful work 

 done by the local Society under this section is their contribution 

 to the committee on geological photography. Already seven 

 hundred excellent photographs, illustrative of geological pheno- 

 mena, have been obtained, of which one hundred and twenty-three 

 are from Ireland, and by far the larger number of these are by 

 members of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. It is earnestly 

 hoped that the members will continue their valuable services 

 in this direction, for there is a vast amount of work yet required 

 towards the completion of the scheme the Committee have in 

 view. 



Section D (Biology) — Discussing the subjects under this 

 section, a very animated debate took place at the Conference 

 upon the disappearance of native wild plants, and the mischief 

 done to the local flora owing to many causes, avoidable and 

 otherwise ; and the delegates were earnestly requested to bring 

 the subject before their respective Societies, and do all they 

 could to prevent the wilful destruction of our native plants. 

 A similar discussion took place on the means of preserving 

 wild birds' eggs ; not in the cabinet, but in the nest. After a 

 very exhaustive debate and a unanimous condemnation of the 

 destruction of wild birds' eggs, the following resolution was 

 agreed to : — '' The Conference of delegates having heard of the 

 threatened extermination of certain birds of British breeding 



