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4th January, 1893. 



Mr. J. H. Greenhill, Mus. Bac, in the absence of the President 

 (Professor Fitzgerald), occupied the chair. 



William Gray, Esq., C.E., M.R.LA., read a paper entitled 



THE TRACES OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN THE NORTH 

 OF IRELAND. 



The Chairman said prior to the business paper of the evening 

 being proceeded with he desired to refer to the death of Mr. 

 Darragh, an old and respected officer of that Society. Mr. 

 Darragh had acted for a great many years as curator there, and 

 he thought it was right that a vote of condolence of the 

 members with the late Mr. Darragh's relatives should be 

 adopted on that occasion. 



Mr. Robert Young, C.E., in moving a vote of condolence 

 with the relatives of the late Mr. Darragh, said that much- 

 respected gentleman had been appointed curator in the Museum 

 in the year 1844. He was born in the year 1813, near Hills- 

 borough, and came to Belfast as a boy. He had always been a 

 great fowler, and through the influence of Mr. William 

 Thompson, the Irish naturalist, who became aware of Mr. 

 Darragh's zeal for natural history, he was appointed as curator 

 of that Museum. Mr. Darragh had been offered an appoint- 

 ment by the Dublin Museum, but declined to leave Belfast. He 

 was a most estimable officer of the Society for nearly half a 

 century, and had done some admirable work for it during his 

 long period of service. 



Mr. Wm. Gray said it was a melancholy satisfaction to him 

 to second the resolution which had been proposed by Mr. 



