28 Mr. J. Miine Barbour on A Trip to the Panama Canal. 



Mr. George Clark, D.L., in seconding the motion, said they 

 came there that night expecting a great treat, and he knew they 

 all felt that their hopes had been fully realised. In the last hour 

 and a half their knowledge had been greatly increased with regard 

 to what was going on in the Isthmus of Panama. He under- 

 stood that was the first time Mr. Barbour had lectured in public, 

 and he would like to congratulate him on the success of that 

 lecture. It was a good thing they had citizens of Belfast who had 

 leisure to go and travel, and who came back and put the inform, 

 mation they had gathered at the disposal of others. They were 

 particularly interested in a scheme such as the Panama Canal ^ 

 which they knew would affect the trade of the world. He re- 

 membered the opening of the Suez Canal and the stimulating effect 

 it had upon the trade of the world, and the general expectation 

 was that a similar stimulating effect would t?ke place when the 

 Panama Canal was open. The firm which he (Mr. Clark) repre- 

 sented had at present under construction a number of steamers 

 which it was proposed to use in connection with the new canal, 

 and he might mention that the steamer which carried Mr. Barbour 

 to Panama was built in Belfast. 



The resolution was carried, and the Chairman, in conveying 

 it, thanked Mr. Barbour for the generous recognition of the large 

 part played by medical science in this great triumph of engineering. 



Mr. Barbour suitably replied, and the proceedings terminated. 



