2 Annual Report. 



"The third meeting was held on the 2nd December, 1890, 

 when two papers were read ; one by Mr. R. W. Murray, J. P., 

 on ' Eighteen Months in the Confederate Army,' and the other 

 by Mr. E. N. Macllwaine, on ' Queensland and the Bush.' 



"The fourth meeting was held on 6th January, 1891, when 

 a discussion took place on the subject of a tunnel between 

 Ireland and Scotland, opened by Mr. L. L. Macassey, B.L., C.E., 

 followed by Messrs. F W. M'Cullough, C.E. ; J. Maxton, J. 

 C. Bretland, M.I. C.E, city surveyor ; Conway Scott, C.E. ; 

 Professor Fitzgerald, C.E. ; Sir W. Quartus Ewart, Bart. ; E. 

 N. Macllwaine, J. Brown, Professor Everett, F.R.S. ; and the 

 President. 



"The fifth meeting was held on 3rd February, 1891, when 

 Mr. Alex. Tate, C.E , gave his report as the Society's delegate 

 to the last meeting of the British Association, and Mr. Howard 

 T. Sinclair, M.D., read a paper on ' Some Modern Advances in 

 Medical Science — Micro-organisms and their Relation to 

 Disease,' illustrated by micro-photographs of bacilli, &c. 



"The sixth meeting was held on 3rd March, 1891, when 

 three papers were read — Mr. William Workman, on ' Heating 

 and Ventilating,' illustrated by diagrams; Mr. P. E. Gulbransen, 

 on ' Some Practical Difficulties about Pendulums, and How to 

 Overcome Them,' illustrated by a barometrical pendulum ; and 

 Mr. Robert Young, C.E., on ' Some Notes on the Geology of 

 the Excavations for the Main Drainage Work.' 



"The seventh meeting was held on the 7th April, 1891, when 

 a lecture was delivered by Mr. Talbot B. Reed, on ' The First 

 Printers,' illustrated by early printed books, illuminated 

 MSS., &c. 



" These meetings were well attended, both by the members 

 and the general public, the lecture hall being inconveniently 

 filled on some occasions. As other kindred Societies had early 

 in the season arranged for several Courses of popular lectures, 

 your Council considered it prudent to suspend their usual series, 

 with the intention, however, of resuming them next session. 



