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satisfaction, and Mr. John Hamilton has been engaged to assist 

 him until a permanent appointment of assistant curator can be 

 made. Messrs. Robert Patterson and R. LI. Praeger, M.R.I.A., 

 continue their valuable work as secretaries of the Ulster Fauna 

 Committee, which has issued several fresh lists and received 

 numerous replies. The latter gentleman having been appointed 

 assistant librarian at the National Library, Dublin, your Council 

 regret very much that he has been compelled to retire from this 

 Council, of which he has been a most useful member. 



In presenting the statement of account, the Hon. Treasurer 

 reports that, although the expenditure by careful economy has 

 been much reduced as compared with recent years, the income 

 of the Society has been still more curtailed, resulting in a small 

 deficit. 



The collections at the Museum have been augmented during 

 the year by numerous valuable donations. Amongst these the 

 artistically-mounted Irish birds and martens presented by Major 

 Maxwell, D.L., and Mr. James Thompson, J.P., are conspicuous. 

 Some of your members were lately present at the unusual event 

 of exhuming an Irish sepulchral urn, which, with another 

 example, has been kindly presented by the Misses Watson, of 

 Killinchy, on whose property they were found. 



The Council desire to give their cordial thanks to the local 

 Press for their admirable reports of the Society's various public 

 meetings. 



The new constitution for the government of this Society, as 

 finally amended, was approved and passed by the Lord Lieu- 

 tenant on 19th June last, and this meeting will be held in 

 accordance with its provisions." 



The President explained that this was the first meeting held 

 under the new scheme, and that the accounts had now to be 

 audited in accordance with the regulation form of the Edu- 

 cational Endowment Commissioners. 



The Hon. Treasurer presented the statement of accounts, 

 and 



Mr, R. M, Young read the report of the Fauna Committee, 



