2 Annual Meeting. 



Seaton F. Milligan, M.R.I.A., lectured on the subject of 

 ' Social Customs and Folk Lore of Tory, Innis Murray, and 

 the South Islands of Aran,' illustrated by numerous limelight 

 views and specimens. The fifth meeting was held on the 3rd 

 March, when Mr. Conway Scott, C.E., read a paper entitled 

 'The Production of Ability.' Ths sixth meeting was arranged 

 as a popular scientific lecture by Mr. John Brown, Hon. 

 Treasurer, on the subject of ' Automobiles, or Horseless Carriages,' 

 illustrated by a special series of limelight views and the 

 exhibition of a carriage just imported from France, shown with 

 its machinery working. This lecture was given on the i6th 

 April in the Ulster Hall Annexe, and the chair was taken by 

 the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Belfast on the invitation of 

 the President. In addition to the members of the Society and 

 their friends, there was a large attendance of the general public 

 on this occasion. All the meetings of the Society were largely 

 attended some of them inconveniently so, as the Lecture 

 Hall in the Museum is inadequate for the accommodation of a 

 large audience. Owing to the number of lectures provided by 

 the Society for the Extension of University Teaching and other 

 bodies your Council did not arrange for any series of popular 

 scientific lectures last session. It will be observed from the 

 Treasurer's Statement of Accounts herewith submitted, as 

 approved by the Auditor of the Local Government Board, that 

 the finances of the Society continue in a fairly satisfactory 

 condition, with a balance on the right side. Nevertheless, for 

 many obvious reasons an increased membership is much to be 

 desired. The meetings of other kindred societies continue to 

 be held in the Museum. These include the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club, for whom additional accommodation has been 

 provided, the Engineers' Society, and the University Extension 

 Society. The collections in the Museum were thrown open for 

 inspection at a nominal sum, as customary, on the Easter 

 holidays. Several novel exhibits, including some Rontgen ray 

 photographs, kindly lent by Dr. Cecil Shaw, attracted much 

 attention, and the attendance of the public was large. The 



