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would do their best to make the gathering a distinct and 

 striking success. He regretted to hear that the subscriptions 

 showed a slight falling off. He did not exactly know that they 

 could increase the number of their shareholders, but occasionally 

 a little effort might get them recruits in the way of annual 

 subscribers, and thus they would increase the usefulness of the 

 society. In connection with their active membership there 

 was one point he should like to mention. On the list of share- 

 holders there figured the names of a good many deceased 

 shareholders, or rather the representatives of so and so deceased. 

 President Hamilton had suggested to him that they might try 

 and get Lord Shaftesbury to join the Society and he thought 

 the suggestion a good one. 



The resolution was adopted. 



The following five members, who retired by rotation, were 

 re-elected on the Council: — Sir Otto Jaflfe, J. P.; President 

 Hamilton, D.D., L.L.D., Professor Fitzgerald, Mr. T. F. 

 ShiUiugton, J.P. ; and Mr. R. M. Young, J.P. 



Mr. R. M. Young announced that Mr. J. H. Davies, a 

 member of the Council, had recently discovered in County 

 Antrim three species new to the Irish moss flora — namely, 

 lor tula marginata^ Amblystegium Juraizkanum and Ambly- 

 stegium varium — specimens of which would be placed in the 

 Museum Herbarium. 



Mr. R. Young gave an interesting description of some rare 

 specimens cf worked flints (Wadi el Sheikh, Egypt), received 

 from the Free Museum, Liverpool, in accordance with the 

 system of duplicate exchange recently adopted. 



The following Officers were elected : — President, John Brown; 

 Vice-Presidents, President Hamilton, William Swanston, 

 F.G.S.; Robert Young, C.E., J. P.; R. L. Patterson, D.L., 

 F.L.S. Honorary Treasurer, W. H. F. Patterson ; Honorary 

 Librarian, J. IJ. Davies ; Honorary Secretary. Robert M. 

 Young, B.A., J.P., M.R.I.A. 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman, proposed by Dr. 

 MacCormac and seconded by Mr. Isaac Ward, concluded the 

 proceedings. 



