2^6 [ pi0( '- B.N.F.C., 



Boyne Valley 22nd May. 



Derryadd Bay (Half-day) 12th June. 



Valley of the Roe 26th June. 



Bundoran (Long Excursion) 10th till 13th July. 



Inch Abbey and the Quoile (Half-day) ... 31st July. 



Richhill 14th August. 



Orlock Point (Half-day) 28th August. 



The Excursions were attended, on the average, by 63 

 members; but 102 were received by Major and Mrs. Berry at 

 Richhill Castle. 



For hospitality received during these Excursions the Com- 

 mittee desire to return on behalf of the Club their most sincere 

 thanks to the Rev. Charles K. Pooler, B.D., D.Litt., and Mrs. Pooler, 

 of Downpatrick ; to Major and Mrs. Berry, of Richhill Castle ; to 

 Mr. and Mrs. Hobson, of Kilmore ; and to Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, 

 of Sandymount, Co. Armagh. For permission to visit their 

 demesnes the best thanks of the Club are also due to Mrs. Ritter 

 and B. H. Lane, Esq., of Limavady; and to the Rev. Mr. Jones 

 for permission to visit the Church at Kilmore. 



The Winter Session of the Club was inaugurated by the usual 

 Conversazione, which was held for the first time in the Central 

 Hall, Assembly Buildings, about 350 members and friends being 

 present. 



The following Lectures and Papers were delivered at the 

 Ordinary Monthly and Sectional Meetings during the Winter 

 Session : — 



1909. 



Tuesday, 16th November — "The Birds of Hillsborough," The President 

 (Nevin H. Foster, M.B.O.U.) 



Saturday, 20th November — "The Ecology of Plants, or the Study of Plant 

 Communities," Rev. C. H. Waddell, M.A., B.D. 



Wednesday, 24th November — " Petrological Types of Basalt from Co. Antrim," 

 a Microscopic Demonstration, James Strachan. 



Wednesday, 8th December — "Toxic effect of Fresh Water on Marine Animals 

 and of Sea-Water on Fresh Water Species," W. T. 

 Dakin, M.Sc. 



