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The excursion programme was, with the single exception of 

 the proposed Tardree excursion for which Dundonald was sub- 

 stituted, fully carried out, the following being the places visited 

 during the Summer Session : — 



Carrickfergus (Half-Day) ... ... 19th May. 



Dundonald (Half-Day) ... ... 2nd June. 



Lagan Canal (Half-Day) ... ... 16th June. 



Newcastle (Pot of Pulgarve) ... ... 30th June. 



Bally waiter (Half- Day) ... ... 14th July. 



Downpatrick ... ... ... 28th July. 



Magheramorne (Half-Day) ... .. nth Aug. 



Ballinderry ... ... ... ... 25th Aug. 



At these excursions the average attendance of members and 

 friends was roughly 51, a slight decrease on last year's figure (61). 



The Winter Session opened with a Conversazione held in the 

 Carlton Hall on 24th October, 1917, at which about 220 members 

 and friends were present. During the Session the following 

 papers (of which abstracts will be found in the Proceedings) were 

 read : — 



1917. 



20th November — " Prehistoric Settlements on the Shores of Lough Neagh," 



Rev. W. A. Adams, B.A. 

 iSth December— "Crabs," Professor Gregg Wilson, M.A., D.Sc, Ph.D., 



M.R.I. A. 

 1918. 



15th January — "The Life History of some British Lepidoptera," Rev. K. 

 Dunbar. 



19th February -" Allotments and Allotment Economics," Mr. J. A. S. 

 Stendall. 



19th March — "The Distribution of some of our Local Plants," Mr. S. A. 

 Bennett, B.A., B.Sc. 



During the year a Sub-Committee was appointed to inquire 

 into the working of the Sections, and their report, unanimously 

 adopted by the Committee, has necessitated certain changes in 

 the Club's Rules, to which you will be asked to agree. 



