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Ordinary members contributed the following exhibits : — 



Geology — Mr. A. M'L Cleland, Ironstone nodules from 

 Silurian Beds, Lower Quarry, Holy wood ; also collection of 

 Mollusks from Estuarine beds at Magheramorne. Mr. Joseph 

 Wright, microscopic slides of Foraminifera ; Mr. Robert Bell, 

 Fish remains, fossil teeth, etc. Mr. Fergus Greeves, collection of 

 fossils, Palaiozoic period — Silurian graptolites and Carboniferous 

 brachiopods. Mesozoic period — Jurassic formation, Ammonites, 

 Gryphcea incurva, Cardinia ovalis and others. Cretaceous form- 

 ation, — Echinodermata. Three fine photographs illustrating very 

 clearly the features of some geological formations were also shown. 



Botany — Rev. C. H. Waddell, Plants from Co. Down ; Miss 

 Mawdsley, Plants from Rostrevor ; Mr. S. Wear, Grasses ; Mr. 

 N. Carrothers, Medicinal Plants ; Mr. R. LI. Praeger, Equisehe 

 from Rocky River, Mourne Mts. ; Mr. A. W. Stelfox, Twigs of 

 trees in Winter condition ; Mr. E. A. Armstrong, Living plants from 

 Slieve Donard ; Miss S. Blackwood, Collection of plants ; Mr. 

 S. A. Bennett, Pond-weeds ; Miss M. W. Rea, Coloured photo- 

 graphs of wild flowers from province of Ontario, Canada. 



Zoology — Mr. N. H. Foster, Birds' Eggs showing variation 

 in colour and size ; Miss Houston, Indian Butterflies. 



Archaeology— Miss E. Andrews, Sketches of views and 

 Antiquities in Kerry and Eastern Views by Miss M. P. Butler. 

 Some shoes, socks, satchet, etc., from Serbia, and Talc from 

 Mica Mines in Bengal ; photographs of Irish antiquities by Miss 

 Uelap ; Miss S. Blackwood, Flint implements from the Bann and 

 Bush Rivers, also from Whitepark Bay ; Mrs. Hobson, Model of 

 Soiiterrain and Pattens Old and New ; Miss Mawdsley, Sketches 

 published in San Francisco during the gold rush of 1847-49, 

 Newspapers published in Ladysmith during the Siege ; Mr. Charles 

 Bulla, a collection of rare Dublin tracts and pamphlets, amongst 

 which the following may be noted : — "Letters from a Citizen of 

 Dublin to a Freeholder in Armagh, 1753," "Both sides of the 

 gutter, 1 789," etc. Some English pamphlets may also be noted : — 



