2 Annual Meeting. 



3. Mr. Douglas Lithgow, ' Gossipings about the Parish of Saul.' 



4. An exhibition of the latest phonograph, kindly given by 

 Miss Susan Richardson. At the fourth meeting held on 19th 

 December, 1893, in the Ulster Minor Hall, a popular scientific 

 lecture was given by Mr. William M'Whirter, of Glasgow, on 

 ' Electrical Cooking and other Modern Electrical Inventions.' 

 The fifth meeting was held on 2nd January, 1894, when Mr. 

 Conway Scott, C.E., read a paper on ' National Health,' 

 followed by a discussion. The sixth meeting was held on 6th 

 February, 1894, when Mr. G. M. Roche, of Dublin, gave a 

 popular lecture on ' The American Mail Service (London and 

 New York): Liverpool-Queenstown v. Southampton,' illustrated 

 by 100 lantern views. The seventh meeting was held on 6th 

 March, 1894, when the following papers were read: — i. Mr. 

 Robert Patterson, hon. sec. Ulster Fauna Committee, ' Notes 

 on the Occurrences of the Marten {Maries Sylvaticd) in Ulster,' 

 illustrated by specimens. 2. Mr. R. M. Young on ' A Recent 

 Find of Irish Elk Bones, &c., in Belfast.' 3. Mr. Seaton F. 

 Milligan, M.R.I.A., ' Social Pictures of Celtic Ireland,' illus- 

 trated by specimens from the lecturer's collection. The eighth 

 meeting was held on 3rd April, 1894, when Professor Knight, 

 LL.D., of St. Andrews, gave a lecture on 'The Higher Educa- 

 tion of Women.' All the meetings, particularly the popular 

 lectures, were well attended both by the members and the 

 general public. In this connection your Council determined in 

 last January to make a second effort to secure a course of 

 Gilchrist lectures for next autumn. With the valuable assistance 

 of Mr. John Horner, who succeeded in getting four other towns 

 to join in the scheme, the requisition sent to the Gilchrist 

 Trustees was favourably considered by them, and their secretary 

 intimated that a series of six lectures, commencmg on 28th 

 September, 1894, will be given at intervals of a fortnight. The 

 lecturers will comprise some of the leading scientists of the day, 

 including Sir Robert Ball, Rev. Dr. Dalhnger, Dr. Andrew 

 Wilson, Dr. R. D. Roberts, &c. Their secretary met your 

 Council on 23rd April, and explained how to make the lectures 



