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at the latter being on the wrong side, which was accounted for 

 by the heavy expenditure occasioned by last year's Appendix. 



On the motion of Wm. Gray, seconded by J. St. J. Phillips, 

 the President (Lavens M. Ewart) was re-elected. On the 

 motion of Dr. Donnan, seconded by T. W. Foster, the v'ice- 

 President (The Rev. C. H. Waddell, b.d.) was re-elected. On 

 the motion of W. H. Phillips, seconded by Alec. G. Wilson, 

 the Librarian (Wm. Swanston) was re-elected. On the motion 

 of W. J. Fennell, seconded by F. J. Bigger, the Treasurer (W. 

 H. Phillips) was re-elected. The following were elected as the 

 Committee on the motion of R. Hanna, seconded by John 

 Hamilton : — W. J. Fennell, William Gray, John Hamilton, 

 F. W Lockwood, S. A. Stewart, Miss S. M. Thompson, John 

 Vinycomb, Robert Welch, Alec. G. Wilson, and Joseph Wright. 



Alec. G. Wilson tendered his resignation as Secretary, which 

 was accepted with regret. Francis Joseph Bigger was re-elected 

 with J. St. J. Phillips on the motion of Robert Welch, seconded 

 by John M. Dickson. 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION FOR 1896-7. 



In presenting their fourth Annual Report the Committee of 

 the Geological Section have to record a year of continued 

 activity both in field work and in the practical study of rocks 

 and fossils, the Evening Monthly Meetings having been well 

 attended, the Members contributing the results of their 

 individual labours in many districts of Ireland. Several 

 excursions to places of geological interest were organized, only 

 two of these being spoiled by he exceptionally wet weather. 

 The search for Trilobites at Pomeroy had to be abandoned, as 

 the fossiliferous ordovician rocks there occur in the bed of a 

 stream ; and an excursion to Glenavy in search of plant remains 

 proved abortive owing to the flooded condition of Lough Neagh. 

 A fresh impetus was given to study our Cretaceous rocks by 

 Dr. W. Fraser Hume's visit to Belfast in 1895, which was renewed 

 by his second visit last summer, when several Members of the 



