REPORT. 



The Committee of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club now lay 

 before the Members their Thirty-fourth Annual Report. Dur- 

 ing the past Session the general work of the Club has been 

 continued as usual, whilst the Geological and Botanical sections 

 have done special work in their own departments. As was 

 anticipated, the entrance fee has had the desired effect of keeping 

 the membership within reasonable bounds, it now stands at 

 450, all members in arrears with their subscriptions having been 

 struck off the roll. 



During the past summer the following excursions were held : 



Armoy, . . .. .. .. 23 Ma y- 



6 June. 

 20 June. 



4 Juty- 

 10, 11, 12 & 13 July. 

 15 August. 

 29 August. 



Salt Mines, .. ,. 

 Glenarm, .. 

 Dredging Expedition, 



Cavan, .. .. 



Slievegallion, . . . . 



Slievecruob, . . . . 



The winter meetings were as follows : — 



27 Oct., 1896. Social Meeting. 



17 Nov., „ Opening Lecture by William Gray, m.r.i.a. — The Origin 

 and Present Condition of the Giant's Causeway. 



15 Dec, „ The Elemental Basis and Progressive Build of the Inorganic 



World — Rev. J. Andrew. 

 27 Jan., 1897. Fresh-Water Algae — W. D. Donnan, m.b. Discovery of 

 a Souterrain at Stranocum — Francis Joseph Bigger and 

 W. J. Fennell. 



16 Feb., „ Geological History of Plants — Rev. Charles H. Waddell, 



B.D. Alien Plants — Richard Hanna. 

 16 Mar., „ The Re-discovery of the Plant Dryas Octopetala — Rev. H. 



W. Lett, a.m., m.r.i.a. An Evening with the 



Microscope — Hamilton MC leery. 

 13 April, „ Annual Meeting. 



