32 Annual Mfeting. 



W. Swanston, and Nevin H. Foster as members of the Council, 

 said he was glad to think that the Society had done such excellent 

 work during last session, and there could be no doubt that its 

 success was largely due to the efforts of the gentlemen comprising 

 the Council. Notwithstanding the change that was contemplated 

 in the transfer of the collection of their Museum to the Corpora- 

 tion — a transfer of which he entirely approved — they all hoped 

 that the Society would continue its good progress, and that under 

 the new conditions it would become even stronger and more 

 influential than it had been in the past. 



Mr. William Gray, who seconded the motion, said he joined 

 with the Vice-Chancellor in congratulating the Society and the 

 Corporation on the transfer of the collection in the College Square 

 North Museum. He (the speaker) was one of the first to propose 

 the transfer, and he was quite sure that the change would prove of 

 immense benefit to the city. 



The motion was carried. 



Sir Charles Brett said he had the greatest possible pleasure 

 in proposing that the best thanks of the Society be given to Sir 

 John Byers for the manner in which he had discharged the duties 

 of president. He said he knew how difficult it was for a busy 

 man like Sir John to tear himself away from his professional work? 

 but, dispite this, his attendance at the meetings held under the 

 auspices of the Society had been very regular, and he had also 

 taken a practical part in the management of its affairs. Sir Charles 

 added that he was one of the oldest members of the Society, and 

 he therefore heard with pleasure of the satisfactory position which 

 it occupied. 



Mr. J, R. Fisher, in seconding the motion, said it was no 

 small achievement to be able to celebrate such a long series of 

 distinguished men, who had kept the torch of learning and culture 

 alight in the city of Belfast. They had had some of the most 

 distinguished men taking part in the work of that Society, but 

 there had been no more efficient, no more courteous, no more 

 popular in all the list of presidents than Sir John Byers. Belfast 



