Although not used for strictly architectural or decorative 

 purposes, our North of Ireland flints have been utilised in the 

 potteries of Staffordshire and Belleek, and large quantities are 

 now prepared at Glenarm, and shipped to the other side of the 

 channel, where they are used in the manufacture of an excellent 

 quality of furnace brick, highly appreciated by the trade. As 

 this trade is not quite within the scope of the present paper, 

 we must leave it, with the expression of an earnest hope that 

 this and every other enterprise calculated to develop the 

 industrial resources of Ireland, may prosper. 



Mr. Gray illustrated his lecture by lantern views, which were 

 shown by Mr. R. Welch, and by a large collection of ancient 

 worked flints, which were supplemented by a selection of special 

 forms kindly lent by Mr. Robert Day, J.P., High Sheriff of 

 Cork, and flint celts lent by Mr. W. H. Patterson and Mr. F. 

 W. Lockwood. 



On the motion of Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., seconded 

 by Mr. F. W. Lockwood, C.E., the Committee of the Club were 

 requested to print the paper in extenso in the Club's proceedings. 

 The paper was also commented upon by Mr. R. M. Young, 

 M.R.I.A. ; Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S. ; and the President. 

 The following new members were then elected : — Mrs. Otto 

 Jaffe, Rev. H. N. Creeny, Messrs. Wm. Graham, Solicitor ; J. 

 B. M'Crea, C.E. ; Allan P. Swan, David Simms, C.E. ; W. B. 

 Munce, and P. J. O'Shea. 



The fifth meeting of the Winter Session was held on March 

 2 ist in the Museum, the President in the chair, and was devoted 

 to a display of microscopical objects and apparatus. This being 

 the second annual meeting of the Microscopical Section of the 

 Club, the report of the Section, which ran as follows, was read 

 by the secretary, Mr. H. M'Cleery, and was, on the motion of 



