CONTENTS. 



Annual Report 



Balance Sheet 



Donations to Museum . , 



BookB Received 



Inaugural Address, by Piofessor M 



The Manchester Ship Canal Works, 



F. FitzGerald, B.A., C.E. 



by T. 0. Rayner, Esq., A.M.I.CE 



The Proposed Belfast Central Station and Railways, by John Lanyon, 



Esq., C.E. 



The filtration Works for the Improvement of the Water Supply of 



Belfast, by L. L. Macassey, Esq., C.E., B.L. . . 

 The Early Christian Architecture of Ireland, by Seaton F. Milliganj 



Esq., M.R.I.A., F.R.S.A.I. 



The Influence of Language and Environment upon the Individual 



through the Nervous System, by Dr. John MacCormac . . 

 The Essentials of House Sanitation — How to secure them, by William 



Gray, Esq., M.R.I.A. 

 Milk and its Ferments, by AUan P. Swan, Esq., F.L.S. 

 Recent Advances in Mechanical Science, by W. H. Wilson, Esq. 

 The Tonnage of Ships, by John H. Macllwaine, Esq. 

 List of Office-Bearers .. 

 List of Shareholders and Subscribers .. .. 



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