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said by the Treasurer. They would be glad of an increase in the 

 membership. They thought there were many in the city who 

 sympathised with the work, and who really ought to be of their 

 company. He hoped that appeal would meet with the response 

 it was entitled to. Their Lecture Committee was already at 

 work for the present year, and amongst the engagements arranged 

 was a lecture by Professor Stirling, of Manchester, on " Life and 

 Motion." He had much pleasure in moving the adoption of the 

 report and statement of accounts. 



Rev. Dr. Hmilton (Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, 

 Belfast), in seconding the motion, said it was very satisfactory 

 that the Society, instead of suffering by the change which came 

 about when their collections were handed over to the Corporation 

 seemed in more than one respect to have gained by it. The 

 report of the Treasurer was the best yet submitted, and they 

 hoped the flourishing state of their finances would be continued 

 in the future. The President had referred to some of the lectures 

 given during the year, which especially evoked their approval. 

 He thought many people would add one more to those he 

 mentioned, one which the President could not mention himself — 

 namely. Professor Lindsay's lecture on " The Philosophy of Henri 

 Bergson." Lectures by eminent strangers provided a new feature 

 of their work, and he would join the Treasurer and the President 

 in expressing the wish that the Council should in some way be 

 instructed to devise some means whereby the membership, or 

 associated membership of the Society, might be increased. That 

 was the oldest scientific Society, as they had heard, in Plelfast 

 It occupied a very honourable position, it had a noble history, 

 and he thought none of them would like to see it falling off or 

 falling away in any single respect. 



The reports were adopted. 



On the motion of Mr. William Gray, M.R.LA., seconded by 

 Mr. James Moore, J. P., the following were appointed members 



