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ANNUAL REPORT, 1893. 

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The Annual Meeting was held in the Museum, College Square 

 North, on Monday, nth June, 1894. Amongst those present 

 were — Professor Fitzgerald (in the chair) ; Messrs. R. L. 

 Patterson, J.P. ; R. Young, C.E., J.P. ; T. Workman, J.P. ; 

 W. H. Patterson, R. M. Young (hon. sec), Edward Allworthy, 

 R. A. Kyle, W. Swanston, Robert Patterson, John Brown, J. H. 

 Davies, Dr. J. MacCormac and Dr. J. A. Lindsay. 



The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, 

 after which he submitted the annual report, which was as 

 follows : — " The Council of the Belfast Natural History and 

 Philosophical Society appointed by the shareholders at the 

 last annual meeting on the 21st July, 1893, desire to submit 

 their report of the working of the Society during the past 

 year. The winter session was opened on 20th October, 1893, 

 by a popular lecture, kindly given by Professor G. T. Stokes, 

 D.D., in the Assembly's Hall, May Street, on ' St. Patrick and 

 the Valley of the Boyne.' The second meeting was held on 

 2nd November, 1893, when Mr. L. L. Macassey, B.L., M.I.C.E , 

 read a paper on ' The Mourne Scheme for the Water Supply 

 of Belfast,' illustrated by diagrams and photo slides. The 

 third meeting was held on 5th December, 1893, when the 

 following communications were made: — i. Mr. A. Tate, 

 M.I.C.E., report of the Society's delegate to British Association. 

 2. Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., ' A Notice of Ancient Shell 

 Mounds at Rosapenna, County Donegal,' illustrated by finds. 

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