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Mr. W. H. Gallway, being in charge, made all local arrangements 

 for tickets, luggage, &c. Six members joined at Portadown, 

 making a total of thirty-three from the North. Dublin was 

 reached at 10-30. A special rail motor was in waiting to convey 

 the party and their luggage over the loop line to Kingsbridge 

 terminus to catch the Killarney express, which left at 1 1 o'clock. 

 At Kingsbridge the Belfast and Dublin contingents amalgamated. 

 After a splendid run through beautiful scenery Cork was reached 

 at 2-40, and the party driven to the Hotel Metropole, the head- 

 quarters for the week. The Limerick members had already 

 arrived, so that a total of forty-nine sat down to lunch at 3 o'clock. 



The afternoon was devoted to sight-seeing, some visiting St. 

 Finn Barr's Cathedral, Queen's College, &c, while others roamed 

 along the banks of the River Lee, made classic by the muse of 

 the famous Father Prout (Father Mahony). 



At 6-30 dinner was served, after which all adjourned to the 

 Council Chamber of the City Hall, kindly placed at the disposal 

 of the naturalists by the Lord Mayor. At 8 o'clock a meeting was 

 held — Mr. Robert Patterson. F.L.S., in the chair. The President, 

 in a capital speech, explained the aims and objects of these 

 triennial conferences, and strongly advocated the furtherance of 

 the study of the Natural Sciences, especially in Ireland, which 

 was so rich in material. 



Mr. Farrington, President of Cork Field Club, having extended 

 a hearty welcome to all, Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., Leeds, was 

 called upon to read his promised paper on " Irish Mollusca," and 

 announced the discovery in Louth by Mr. T. H. Grierson of a new 

 species of Vitrina named Vitrina elongata, being the second 

 species of this shell found in the British Islands, the other being 

 Vtirina pel/ucida. Mr. Taylor illustrated his paper with beautiful 

 diagrams of the new species, and also of V. pellucida, pointing out 

 the difference between the two. The paper was discussed by Mr. 

 Robert Welch, M.R.I.A., Mr. J. N. Milne, of Belfast, and Mr. R. 

 Standen, of Manchester Museum. Mr. R. L. Praeger, M.R.I. A., 



