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ANNUAL REPORT, I9i3-i4. 



The annual meeting of the shareholders connected with the 

 Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society was held in the 

 Museum, College Square North, on Thursday, 22nd October, 1914. 

 Professor Lindsay, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., President, occupied 

 the chair, and the attendance included the Right Hon. R, Young, 

 J. P. ; Sir Otto Jaffe, J. P. ; Professor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc. ; Dr. S. 

 W. Allworthy, M.A.; Messrs. W. Swanston, F.G.S. ; Henry Riddell, 

 M.A. ; W. C7ray, M.R.I.A.; R. M. Young, F.R.I.B.A ; Nevin H. 

 Foster, M.R.I.A. ; Alexander Taylor, J. E. Magill, Edward H. 

 Clarke, Joseph Wright, F.G.S. ; Adam Speers, J. P., B.Sc. ; E. J. 

 Elliott, A. T. Jackson, C.E. ; Wm. Farren, W. Mayes, J. W. 

 Storey, B.A. ; and J. M. Finnegan, B.A., B.Sc. 



The Honorary Secretary Mr. J. M. Finnegan, being called 

 upon by the Chairman, submitted the following Rep-)rt : — 



I have pleasure in submitting the following Report for the 

 Session 1913-14. 



The 93rd Session of the Society was opened on the evening 

 of Tuesday, nth November, 1913, when an address was delivered 

 by Professor Benjamin Moore, in the Y.M.C.A., Minor Hall, on 

 " Progressive Creation." The Chair was occupied by Professor 

 Lindsay, and there was a large attendance. 



At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was passed on the 

 motion of Professor Milroy, seconded by Sir Otto Jaffe. 



The Second meeting of the Session was held in the Museum, 

 College Square North, on Tuesday, 19th December, The Chair 

 was occupied by Mr. Henry Riddell, ME., and two papers vvere 

 delivered, illustrated by lantern slides. The first paper was by Mr. R. 

 H. Whitehouse, M.Sc, on '-The Natural History of Flatworms" and 

 the second paper by Mr. G. Livens, B.Sc, on " Lichens." 



