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for meeting their fellow-members, as well as for giving and 

 receiving information on the various branches of Science. 



On the occasion of the King's Visit to Belfast, your Com- 

 mittee decided to present him with an Address. A copy of 

 the Address and of His Majesty's gracious reply adorn the 

 walls of the Club-room. 



Your Committee's attention having been directed to the 

 question of the preservation of Ancient Monuments under 

 the changing conditions of land tenure in Ireland, your 

 President ventilated the subject by means of a letter to the 

 local press, and the Roy^l Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 

 was communicated with on the matter. 



Facilities to members travelling on Field Club business 

 having been granted by the Northern Counties Railway Co., 

 particulars were furnished in notices of June Excursions, and 

 it is to be regretted that so few of your members have 

 hitherto availed themselves of this privilege, obtained for 

 them after considerable trouble. 



The meagre equipment afforded in Queen's College, 

 Belfast, for Biological study and research warranted your 

 Committee in submitting to the authorities a statement 

 drawing attention to the imperative necessity for further 

 provision in this respect. A copy of this document appeared 

 in the local papers, and letters acknowledging its receipt were 

 received from His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, from the 

 Right Hon. H. O. Arnold-Forster, M.P., from Sir James 

 Haslett, M.P., and from Mr. Thomas H. Sloan, M.P.; but 

 notwithstanding the crying necessity, as pointed out by your 

 Committee, as well as by other learned societies, the Govern- 

 ment, oblivious of jDast promises, refuses to supply the wants 

 of our local College. 



The Club is indebted to the President and Mrs. Fennell 

 for the opportunity afforded its members of hearing from Dr. 

 Tempest Anderson, F.G.S., an account of his experiences 

 whilst investigating the phenomena of the volcanic eruptions 

 in the West Indies in 1902, which he graphically described at 

 a Reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Fennell in the Museum, 



