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obtained from the almost unknown deposits of plant remains 

 between the lava flows of the upper and lower basalts. Good 

 work also remains to be done in tabulating these outflows, such 

 as the rhyolites, pitchstones, &c. Referring to the work done 

 by the Duke of Argyll, Starkie Gardner, and some of the Club's 

 members, the President suggested that the fauna be especially 

 searched for in those old lake bottoms. The Carboniferous 

 period should also yield further results from the Tyrone and 

 Ballycastle coal measures, and from the results of such explora- 

 tion as this to form perhaps some idea of the ancient coast lines, 

 and whether or not the main Continental outlines have ever 

 been much as they are now. 



The next point considered was archaeology, including 

 ethnography and the Celtic department, and the President 

 suggested lines of work on the palaeolithic remains and the 

 ancient races of inhabitants of Ireland ; whether traces cannot 

 still be found of the almost unknown race of Iberians, as it is 

 extremely unlikely that they were totally exterminated. Seeing 

 that the Celt was not obliterated by the Saxon, nor the Saxon 

 by the Norman in England, may not this race, and possibly 

 another still more shadowy nation, have left their mark upon 

 the land ? It is even doubtful whether palaeolithic men ever 

 lived in Ireland at all. The President concluded by saying 

 that he trusted he had said enough to show that there was 

 plenty of work to do still, and that all branches of the Club 

 were naturally interdependent. 



Joseph Wright, F.G.S , rose in response to the President, 

 and described his early experiences in searching for foraminifera, 

 and concluded by criticising some of the arrangements with the 

 Irish Field Club Union. 



William Gray, M.R.I. A., gave a report of the meeting of the 

 British Association at Ipswich, to which he went as a delegate 

 from the Club. 



