Antiquarian Collections in Ulster. 6-3 



unless it is recognised the highest funccion of the teacher is 

 ignored and rendered of no avail. 



ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTIONS IN ULSTER. 



Mr. Milligan next addressed the meeting as follows : — Mr 

 President, ladies, and gentlemen — Within two months from the 

 present it is proposed that an exhibition of arts and industries 

 shall be opened within the buildings and grounds of the White 

 Linen Hall. Ulster has long been recognised as the home of 

 Irish manufacturing industry, and Belfast as the place in Ulster 

 where those industries are principally concentrated. It is not 

 intended that exhibits should be confined to Ulster, but whilst 

 open to exhibitors from every part of Ireland and the United 

 Kingdom, it is hoped that Ulster will be thoroughly represented, 

 and that samples of the leading manufactures of the province 

 will be exhibited. The cottage industries, or home manu- 

 factures, will be represented in a fitting manner also. The 

 Irish Industries Association, founded by the Countess of 

 Aberdeen, has been approached on this matter, and the 

 executive of that society at once acceded to the request, and 

 have taken space for an exhibit illustrating the work they are 

 doing in the congested districts of this country. In the County 

 Donegal, with the assistance of the Congested Districts Board, 

 they have given considerable employment to the people. They 

 have introduced a superior class of looms for weaving home-spun 

 in wider widths, which have a better market, and offered prizes 

 for excellence of workmanship. The result has been a much 

 better class of work is now turned out, which commands higher 

 prices. One of these looms will be working during the exhibi- 

 tion, and the process of carding and spinning the wool will be 

 shown as it is carried on in the cottages of Donegal. The 

 production of Irish point and other laces will be shown, together 

 with an exhibit of all the goods for which the Industries 



