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attention of the members to the effort that was being made to 

 obtain funds for the better equipment of Queen's College, a 

 movement which he earnestly trusted they would do their best 

 to promote. (Applause.) 



The following new members were then elected : — Mrs. 

 M'Crum, Miss Riddell, Mr. S. Weir, and Mr. A. Bullock. A 

 number of lantern slides were then exhibited by Mr. Hogg, 

 which had been prepared by various members, and which were 

 mostly taken on the Club's excursions. Some of the Dungannon 

 excursion were described by Mr. Welch, M.R.I. A. ; of the 

 Gobbins' excursion by Mr. Fennell, M.R.I. A., and Mr. Farring- 

 ton ; the Diamond Rocks and Newcastle excursion by Mr. N. 

 H. Foster and Mr. Farrington ; the long excursion to Dundalk 

 by Mr. Donaldson, who' also described the views of Churchhill 

 and the Peat Development Company's works at Maghery. Mr. 

 Green exhibited and explained some views of Bundoran, and 

 also an interesting slide showing the spot where pre-historic 

 urns had been found near Belfast, and which had been kept 

 secret till that evening. The exhibition was concluded by Mr. 

 Hogg showing some splendid photographs of the recent eclipse 

 of the sun and some views of Downpatrick Cathedral, after its 

 recent restoration, including one or two of the carvings at the 

 top of the pillars, taken with a telephotographic lens. After 

 the meeting and lantern display, which concluded at 9-30, 

 members returned to the ordinary exhibits, and they were able 

 to spend another hour examining these before the conversazione 

 concluded. 



" REPRODUCTION IN FERNS." 



The first ordinary meeting of the Winter Session was held 

 on Tuesday evening, November 21st, when the President (Mr. 

 W. H. Phillips) gave his inaugural address before a good 

 attendance of members. Prior to his address, however, 



Mr. R. Welch, M.R.I. A., showed sections of, and de- 

 scribed, the raised beach then exposed by the road-widening 



