2 Annual Meeting. 



Mr. Thomas C. Rayner, C.E., lectured on the subject of 'The 

 Manchester Ship Canal Works,' illustrated by a large series of 

 photographic slides. 



"The third meeting was held on 5th January, 1892, when 

 Mr. John Lanyon, C.E., described the ' Proposed Belfast City 

 Central Station and Railways,' illustrated by large maps and 

 diagrams. 



" The fourth meeting was held on 27th January, 1892, when 

 Mr. L. L. Macassey, Barrister-at-Law, C.E., read a paper on 

 ' The Filtration Works for the Improvement of the Water 

 Supply of Belfast,' illustrated by a series of photographic slides 

 taken by Mr. R. Welch, and diagrams. 



"The fifth meeting was held on 2nd February, 1892, when 

 Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, M.R.I.A., lectured on 'The Early 

 Christian Archaeology of Ireland,' illustrated by a series of 

 original photographic slides. 



"The sixth meeting was held on 24th February, 1892, when 

 Dr. John MacCormac read a paper on ' The Influence of 

 Language and Environment upon the Individual through the 

 Nervous System,' illustrated by a series of photographic slides 

 specially prepared. 



"The seventh meeting was held on ist March, 1892, when 

 Mr. W. Gray, C.E., M.R.I.A., read a paper on ' The Essentials 

 of House Sanitation, and How to Secure Them," illustrated by 

 diagrams, models, and experiments. 



" The eighth meeting was held on the 5th April, 1892, when 

 Mr. Allan P. Swan, F.L.S., read a paper on 'Milk and its 

 Ferments, with Remarks on the Caucasian Milk Drinks, 

 Koumiss and Kephir ; their Preparation and Use as a Diet,' 

 illustrated by specially prepared photographic slides, and a 

 microscopic demonstration of some of the milk ferments and 

 moulds living in pure conditions of culture. 



" All of these meetings were largely attended, on several 

 occasions inconveniently so. Owing to the death of the Duke 

 of Clarence, the arrangements made by your Council for a series 

 of popular lectures were modified, and two lectures only given 



