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The titles and reports of the papers read at the Sectional 

 meetings will be found in the Annual Reports of the various 

 Sections, which will be presented to you. 



During the year the Archaeological Section was re-organised- 



Mr. F. Balfour Browne, M.A., F.Z.S., F.R.S.E., represented 

 your Club at the British Association Conference of Delegates held 

 at Dundee in September, 191 2, and has submitted his report, 

 which will be found in the Proceedings. 



The Treasurer will lay before you his Statement of Accounts, 

 showing a balance in favour of your Club of £& 9s 4d, which is 

 wonderfully satisfactory considering the expenses incurred during 

 the year [911-12, which left us with an adverse balance of 

 ^20 15s i tcI at the commencement of the past year. 



The Librarian's Report, and those of the Botanical, Geological, 

 Zoological, Archaeological, and Junior Sections, as well as that of 

 the Sub-Committee appointed to adjudicate on the Essays sent in 

 for your Club's Prizes, will be submitted to you. 



Your Committee are glad to be able to announce that there 

 has been fair competition for some of the prizes offered to pupils 

 attending secondary schools in Ulster, and they hope that when 

 these prizes become more widely known more entries will be 

 received. Your Committee regret, however, that no Junior 

 member of your (Hub was sufficiently energetic to compete for the 

 prizes offered by the Chairman of the Junior Section. 



For hospitality received by members of your Club and for 

 permission to visit their estates, your Committee desire to place 

 on record their thanks to Lord Rossmore, Lord Roden, Sir 

 Frederic Lambert of Beau Pare, W. J. D. Walker, Esq., C.B., of 

 Drogheda, H. Armytage Moore, Esq., J. P., of Rowallane, Co. 

 Down, and F. W. Millard, Esq., of Camla House, Monaghan. 



Your Committee desire to thank also the Superintendents of 

 the various Railway Companies for kind attention and facilities 

 afforded on the Summer excursions : the Press for publishing 

 reports of the Club's meetings : and the Public Bodies and 



