Hnnual IReport. 



Your Committee have pleasure in submitting their report 



for the forty-fourth year, and in doing so beg to* congratulate 



the members on the increased prosperity and popularity of the 

 Club. 



The membership on the ist April last year was 395 ; on 

 the corresponding date this year it stands at 418. There were 

 38 new members elected, of whom: 34 qualified by paying their 

 fees, and 4 did not sO' qualify. There were three deaths, and 8 

 resignations, leaving a nett increase of 23 members. 



During the year 8 Committee meetings have been held, the 

 average attendance being 12 out of a possible 15. 



The Programme of the Summer Session was carried out, 

 and consisted of eight Excursions, viz.: — 



Leitrim Station for Castlewellan 

 Tandragee (Half -day) 



Ardboe 



Shane's Castle (Half-day) 



Donegal (Long Excursion) ... 



St. John's Point, Killough (Half-day) 



Greencastle and Cranfield Point ... 



Ballycarry (Half-day) 



19th May. 

 2nd June. 

 16th June. 

 30th June. 

 12th to 14th July. 

 28th July. 

 11th August. 

 25th August. 



The attendance at the Excursions was very satisfactory, 

 the average number present being sixty-three, and at the 

 Tandragee Excursion we had ninety-five. 



The Committee desire to place on record the indebtedness 

 of the Club to Lord and Lady Annesley,the Duke of Manchester 

 and his Agent, W. H. Atkinson, Esq. ; Lord O'Neill, and W. 

 J. Porritt, Esq., for permission, kindly given, tO' visit their 

 grounds ; and tO' P. M. Gallagher, Esq., who kindly acted as 

 guide to Donegal Castle and Abbey, during the Donegal Ex- 

 cursion, and more especially to Sir Arthur and Lady Wallace, 

 Major and Mrs. Hamilton and their son, Captain Hamilton, and 

 John A. Hanna, Esq., J.P., of Belfast, and Mrs. Hanna, for 



