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December, 1894, when the following papers were read ; — i, by 

 Mr. John Brown, ' Electrolytic Crystallisation of Metals ;' 2, by 

 Mr. A. S. Cleaver, B.A., ' Through the Hot Lake District of 

 New Zealand.' At the fourth meeting, held on 8th January, 

 1895, on the proposal of the President, a vote of condolence 

 was passed to the relatives of the late Mr. Robert S. MacAdam, 

 and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. R. M. Young, B.A.) gave a brief 

 description of two Irish sepulchral urns recently presented to 

 the Museum. An illustrated lecture entitled ' Old Belfast,' 

 prepared by Mr. John J. Marshall, was then read by Mr. W. 

 Gray, M.R.I.A., the photo slides being shown by Messrs. 

 Marshall and Allen. The fifth meeting was held on 5th 

 February, 1895, when two papers were read — i, by Dr. John 

 MacCormac, on ' Education and Innervation,' illustrated by a 

 special series of lantern photo slides ; 2, by Mr. Seaton F. 

 Milligan, M.R.I.A., Vice-President R.S.A.I., on ' Antiquarian 

 Collections in Ulster.' The sixth meeting was held on 5th 

 March, 1895, when a lecture was kindly delivered by Mr. 

 W. Redfern Kelly, M.T.C.E., F.R.A.S.— subject, 'The Great 

 Mystery of Stellar and Planetary Evolution.' The seventh 

 meeting was held on 2nd April, 1895, when a lecture was given 

 by Mr. James Wilson, M.E. — subject, ' The Alps, with Rope 

 and Axe,' illustrated by a fine series of lantern views, taken by 

 the lecturer. All the above meetings were largely attended, 

 some of them inconveniently so, by members of the Society and 

 their friends. In the last annual report reference was made to 

 the fact that your Council had been able to secure a course of 

 Gilchrist lectures for the city, and the hope was expressed ' that 

 this action would be fully justified by the success of the series 

 in Belfast and other Ulster towns.' This expectation has been 

 more than realised by the unqualified success of these lectures, 

 which were delivered at intervals of a fortnight during the last 

 four months of 1894, by Professor Lewes, Sir R. S. Ball, Rev. 

 W. H. Dallinger, Dr. Roberts, Professor Laurie, and Dr. A. 

 Wilson. Sir Robert Ball's lecture in the Ulster Hall, at which 

 the chair was taken by your President, was listened to by an 



