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which was as follows ; — "The secretaries of the Ulster Fauna 

 Committee report that their work has progressed as usual 

 during the past year. No very important information has come 

 to hand, but the services of several new observers and corres- 

 pondents have been secured. By letters and interviews a 

 considerable amount ot information has been collected, and it 

 has been found necessary to compile two additional lists of Irish 

 birds, in order to increase our knowledge of breeding and 

 migration. Copies of these are on the table for inspection. 

 The secretaries would again urge on members and others 

 interested in natural history the importance of assisting the 

 Committee in every way, and information and specimens shall 

 be gratefully received." 



The Chairman pointed out that under the old rule the 

 Council were able to make exchanges with other societies if 

 they thought fit to do so, but under the existing scheme of the 

 Educational Endowment Commissioners it was necessary first 

 to hold a meeting of the Council and then a meeting of the 

 Society to approve of such exchanges. That was the reason 

 why they had to hold a special meeting that day after the 

 ordinary meeting. The only other thing to which he would 

 refer was the matter of popular lectures. They thought it was 

 quite useless to try to carry out any large scheme of popular 

 lectures last winter owing to the large number of university 

 extension and other lectures given elsewhere, but this year they 

 would be able to re-establish the course of lectures which had 

 been given in the Museum every winter before. 



Rev. Mr. Kinghan, in moving the adoption of the reports 

 and statement of accounts, said they they were of a satisfactory 

 character. He wished to refer to the question of the auditing 

 of their accounts. He did not see the necessity for having them 

 audited in Dublin. He thought that they should be audited 

 in Belfast, and that that and other societies in Belfast affected 

 by the educational endowment scheme should make a united 

 request to get the Government auditor to examine and audit 

 the accounts in Belfast, 



