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the Local or Citizens' Committee; some occupied responsible 

 positions on various sub-committees, notably on the Publica- 

 tions or Handbook Committee and on the Excursions Com- 

 mittee. (The preparation of a Handbook was originated by 

 this Club in 1874.) 



Your Club had representatives on the General Committee 

 of the British Association and on many of the Sections' Com- 

 mittees. 



Your two Secretaries (Messrs. J. St. J. Phillips and Robert 

 Patterson) were elected by the Council of the British Associa- 

 tion as Secretaries of Section C (Geology) and Section D 

 (Zoology) respectively. Your ex-President (Rev. C. H. Waddell) 

 was Secretary of Section K (Botany). 



It is to be regretted that the Club, for the first time for 

 many years, was not represented by a delegate to the Corre- 

 sponding Societies, your nominee having failed to qualify. 



Your Club received the thanks of the Local Executive 

 Committee for the organisation of the official excursions as 

 arranged by Mr. Wm. Gray, and for the assistance rendered by 

 some of your members in conducting the excursions. 



The Executive Committee also acknowledged and thanked 

 the Club and its friends for their assistance in preparing the 

 Handbook to the District. 



During the Association week the Club (represented by 

 Messrs. Wm. Gray and Robt. Patterson) organised and con- 

 ducted the following afternoon excursions : — Giant's Ring, 

 Roughfort, Dundonald, and Cave Hill. 



At the close of the British Association week, one-day 

 Excursions were conducted to Downpatrick and the Gobbins 

 Cliff Path, and a four-day Excursion to the Antrim Coast and 

 Giant's Causeway. These excursions were largely attended, 

 and on the final day Prof. Poulton, F.R.S., proposed a cordial 

 vote of thanks to the B.N.F.C. conductors (Messrs. W. J. 

 Fennell, J. J. Phillips, Wm. Gray, J. St. J. Phillips and Robt. 

 Patterson). 



In connection with Section C, Mr. J. St. J. Phillips organ- 

 ised and carried through four afternoon and one whole-day 



