ANNUAL REPORT, 1910-11. 



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The annual meeting of the shareholders was held on 25th 

 November, 191 1, in the Belfast Museum, College Square North. 

 Professor Sir John Byers, M.D. (president), occupied the chair, and 

 there were also present: — The Right Hon. Robert Young, J.P. ; 

 Sir James Henderson, D.L. ; Sir Charles Brett, the Vice-Chancellor 

 of Queen's University (Rev. Dr. Hamilton) ; Professor J. A. 

 Lindsay, M.I). ; Professor Symington, F.R.S. ; Professor Sinclair, 

 M.D. ; Messrs. T. F. Shillington, J.P. ; Joseph R. Fisher, barrister- 

 at-law ; William Gray, M.R.I.A. ; j. M. Finnegan, B.A., B.Sc. ; 

 John Smith, M.A. ; Henry Riddell, M.E. ; W. Swanston, John 

 Horner, Granby Higginbotham, J. J. Andrew, E. J. Elliott, R. A. 

 Kyle, W. Armstrong, Joseph Wright, J. E. Magill, W. Faren, and 

 R. M. Young, J.P. (hon. secretary). Apologies for absence were 

 received from Sir Otto Jaffe, J.P. ; Professor Sir William Whitla, 

 MT). ; Rev. William Park, Professor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc; Mr. 

 W. H. M'Laughlin, J. P., and Mr. Robert Patterson, F.L.S. 



Mr. Robert M.Young, B.A., M.R.I.A. (hon. secretary), rtad 

 the annual report as follows : — The Council of the Belfast 

 Natural History and Philosophical Society desire to submit their 

 rei)ort ot the working of the Society during the past year. The 

 winter session was opened in the Museum on i6th November, 

 when a lecture was kindly delivered by Mr. Ernest Normand, 

 London, on the subject, " A Plea for Art." The second meeting 

 was held on 13th December, when Professor F. M. Powicke, M.A , 

 kindly lectured on " Some Characteristics ol Medieval Chronicles," 

 and Mr. J. M, Finnegan, B.A , B.Sc, secretary Queen's Univer- 

 sity, Belfast, submitted his report as delegate to the British 

 Association. The third meeting took place on loth January, 

 191 1, when an illustrated lecture entitled "Life in Nubia, Ancient 



