lOi Anntfal Meeting 



A list of these reports will be attached to the Society's report. 

 It will be observed that a number of reports of foreign societies 

 are missing from this year's list. This is doubtless due to the 

 exigences of the European War. 



A prize of ;^5o was awarded to Mr. Stelfox and Mr. Robert 

 Welch for their Monograph on the Land and Fresh Water Mollusca 

 of Ulster. 



The Council is of opinion that this Monograph is well worthy 

 of publication, but the matter has been left in the Authors' hands 

 at present. 



The Council deplores the death of Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, 

 who was a member of the Council and one of the most 

 enthusiastic members of the Society. 



The following Members of Council retire and are eligible for 

 re-election : — Sir John Byers, Mr. John Horner, and Mr. R. M. 

 Young. 



Mr. H. Riddell, honorary treasurer, submitted the statement 

 of accounts and balance cheat, which stated that they had opened 

 the year with a balance in the bank of ;£<)i 9s. yd. A sum of 

 ;i^5o had been taken out of the deposit money and another ^50 had 

 been added from the reserve, and the ^100 invested in the 5 per 

 cent. War Fund. The total expenditure, including the ;^ioo, 

 was about ;^297, leaving a balance in the bank at the end of the 

 year of ,-^8i 13s. 5d. They really stood about ^40 better than 

 they did at the beginning of the year. In conclusion, Mr. Riddell 

 said their membership was steadily decreasing owing to old 

 members dying and no new members coming forward to take their 

 place. He asked the members to try and secure additional 

 members for the society, and mentioned that the fee was only 

 los., without the obligation to take a share. 



Professor Lindsay, in moving the adoption of the reports, 

 said it was a matter for congratulation that that old society had 

 pursued its way successfully during the last session, in spite of the 

 anxieties of the very troubled time. Having referred to the 

 general work of the society, the chairman s[)oke of the carrying 

 on of the encouragement of research, which was one of the most 



