2 Animal Meeting. 



The Third Meeting was held on the 20th December, when a 

 lecture was kindly given by Rev. A. R. Crawford, M.A., Kirin, 

 Manchuria ; subject, " Some Sidelights on the China Question,'' 

 illustrated by special limelight views. 



At the Fourth Meeting, held on 8lh January, T901, two 

 papers were read: — i. The President, subject, ''Report as 

 Delegate of the Society to the British Association Meeting at 

 Bradford ;" 2, Mr. Lyndon Macassey, C.E., B.A., LL.B., 

 subject, " Irish Railways and the State," followed by a dis- 

 cussion. 



The Fifth Meeting was held on 5th February, when a 

 lecture was kindly given by Professor Morton, M.A. ; subject, 

 '' Colour," with experimental illustrations. 



Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, M.R.I.A., gave the sixth lecture, on 

 5th March ; subject, " Scenery and Antiquities of Sligo, 

 Connemara, and Clare," illustrated by a series of 150 lantern 

 slides. The chair was taken by Sir James Henderson, D.L., in 

 the unavoidable absence of the President. 



The Seventh Meeting was held on 2nd April, when a 

 lecture was kindly dehvered by Mr. George Coffey, M.R.LA., 

 keeper of the Irish antiquities. National Museum, Dublin ; 

 subject, " The Antiquity of Man and the Dawn of Art," 

 illustrated by a special series of lantern slides of palaeolithic 

 implements. 



The attendance at the meetings was well maintained, and 

 several were inconveniently crowded. 



The number of allied societies holding their meetings in the 

 Museum shows no reduction. This was also the case with the 

 ordinary admissions of visitors to the Museum, which have been 

 above the average, and many who took an interest in some ox 

 the subjects illustrated expressed their gratification with what 

 they saw in the collections. At Easter the Museum was thrown 

 open, as usual, at a nominal charge, and full advantage of this 

 opportunity was taken by the public, particularly children. No 

 damage was done to any part of the collections. As will be 

 seen by the Hon. Treasurer's Statement of Accounts, duly 



