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and Modern," was kindly given by Professor Elliott Smith, F.R.S., 

 Victoria University, Manchester, The fourth meeting was held 

 on 15th February, when Mr. Francis C. Forth, principal of the 

 Municipal Technical Institute, delivered an illustrated lecture 

 on " A Decade of Technical Instruction in Ireland, with special 

 reference to Belfast." The fifth meeting was held on 14th 

 March, when two papers were read--(i) "Some Theories of 

 Genius," by Mr. H. L. Stewart, M.A. (Oxon.), Ph. D ; (2) "Some 

 Facts in the Life History of a Water Beetle," by Mr. Frank 

 Balfour-Browne, M.A., F.R.S.E., illustrated by lantern slides 

 The sixth meeting, on nth April, was devoted to a popular 

 illustrated lecture kindly given by Mr. R. W. Seton-Watson, 

 M.A., D.Litt. (Oxon) ; subject, " Peasant Art and Costume 

 in North Hungary." The attendance of the members and 

 general public at these meetings was gratifying, as showing 

 the interest taken in the various subjects. Your Society has 

 to deplore the loss of three esteemed members, who have 

 passed away since the last annual meeting — Messrs. A. 

 MacLaine, J. P. ; Richard Patterson, J. P., and John Carson— all 

 of whom took an active interest in its welfare for many years. 

 Your Council are glad to inform the Society that the various 

 collections conveyed by deed of gift to the Belfast Corporation in 

 July, 1 9 10, are in process of being thoroughly catalogued and 

 classified in a scientific manner. Some of the objects of special 

 interest are on view in the Municipal Art Gallery. Our late 

 esteemed Curator, Mr. Samuel A. Stewart, bequeathed to the 

 Society a number of valuable scientific books, including forty 

 volumes of the " Journal of Botany " and a set of the Belfast 

 Naturalists' Field Club reports and proceedings. These have 

 been added to the library. A list of the numerous publications 

 received in exchange from home and foreign learned societies will 

 be printed with the present report. During the past season Mr. 

 George Donaldson continued to lender valuable clerical assist- 

 ance. Since the termination of our official year their Majesties 

 King George V. and Queen Mary visited Ireland, and your 



