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no report of progress is recorded. But as the announcement 

 of the formation of the Committee, made last year at a meeting 

 of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, was very warmly received, 

 I have no doubt this neighbourhood will not be neglectful of 

 the aid which it is so well fitted to afford, i he mingling of 

 races from varied sources which, from time to time, has 

 occurred in this part of the country has left indications still 

 existent which may well be sought out and recorded. The 

 same may be said of many other parts of this island, and I 

 doubt not, under the auspices already mentioned, will not be 

 lost sight of. As evidence in this direction, I may mention 

 that at the last meeting of the Royal Irish Academy a paper 

 was read by Dr. Charles R. Browne on the Ethnography of 

 Inisbofin and Inishark, Co. Galway, and has been referred to 

 its Council for publication. The attention given to the subject 

 of " Folk Lore " at the last meeting of the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club also shows that some of its members are on the 

 alert in, at any rate, one branch of the subject. It will, how- 

 ever, readily be seen how much remains to be done, and I 

 would hope that a systematic effort may be made by both the 

 Societies, Belfast either acting conjointly or not in its own 

 sphere, to have adequate returns sent forward from this district. 



Among the many subjects upon which papers were read 

 during the Association's meetings likely to be of special interest 

 to the members of this Society, time will only permit me to 

 refer to one or two. 



The presentation of the report of a Committee on the 

 Marine Zoology of the Irish Sea showed that important results 

 had been obtained from the district investigated — viz., that 

 which could be readily reached from the Isle of Man — many 

 new species had been obtained. This Committee will continue 

 their work under a new grant. 



In the Anthropological Section a very interesting communi- 

 cation was made in regard to explorations of an extensive lake 

 village at Glastonbury. The work appeared to have been done 

 in a very careful and systematic manner. Among the results 



