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Honours conferred on four members of our Club have to 

 be placed on record, viz., Mr. W. H. Phillips having- been 

 elected President of the British Pteridological Society, and 

 Major Berry, Messrs. W. J. Fennell and Robert Welch having 

 been elected members of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Through the exertions of your Committee a grant from 

 the Royal Bounty Fund was obtained for Mr. S. A. Stewart, 

 A.L.S., which, with the subscriptions given by your members 

 and by those of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 has enabled him to purchase an annuity. 



The Patterson Museum in the People's Palace was organ- 

 ised and arranged by Mr. Robert Patterson with the assist- 

 ance of a few members of the Club, and the ■''esult of their 

 labours reflects great credit on those who assisted in this 

 educational scheme. 



Delegates from your Club attended the meeting of the 

 Irish Field Club Union Committee in Dublin on 1st November. 



Your Committee appointed Mr. W. A. Green as one of 

 their representatives on the Council of the Ulster Fisheries 

 and Biology Association. 



The Treasurer will submit the Statement of Accounts, 

 which shows a balance in hand of £15. 4s. 9d., all accounts 

 having been paid up to the present. The Librarian's Report, 

 the Reports of the Botanical and Geological Sections, and that 

 of the Sub-Committee appointed to adjudicate on Collections 

 submitted for prizes, will be presented. 



In conclusion, your Committee desire to place on record 

 their obligations to the Superintendents of the Railway Com- 

 panies for facilities afforded on the different excursions, and 

 to the Press for publishing reports of the various meetings. 

 Our thanks are again due to the Public Bodies and Kindred 

 Societies who have favoured us with their publications during 

 the past year. 



(Signed) 



Nevin H'. Foster, 



I" Hon. Secretaries. 

 James Orr, 



