b Annual Meeting. 



Mr. George Horner proposed that the five retiring members 

 of the Council be re-elected. 



Mr. R. Young seconded. 



A ballot having been taken, the Chairman declared that the 

 following gentlemen had been elected on the Council : — 

 Messrs. R. Patterson, John Brown, William Swanston, 

 W. H. F. Patterson, and S. F. Milligan. 



Mr. Conway Scott proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair- 

 man for presiding. He congratulated him on being elected a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society, and hoped he would be elected 

 president of that body. 



Mr. Wm. Gray, in seconding the motion, said it was a great 

 honour to Belfast when an amateur, as their Chairman, by his 

 original research, should obtain a distinction which some of 

 their biggest Professors did not. They ought to be proud of 

 their President, as he was a representative of the traditions of 

 the old Natural History Society of Belfast, which was the first 

 established in the kingdom seventy years ago. 



The motion having been unanimously passed, the Chairman 

 briefly returned thanks. He said he prized very much the 

 honour which had been conferred upon him, and it was made 

 doubly pleasing by the many kind words of congratulation 

 that he had received, none of which he valued more than 

 those offered by that Society. 



The election of Office-Bearers for the ensuing year was then 

 proceeded with in Committee. The following were elected : — 

 President, John Brown, F.R.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Robert 

 Young, J.P., C.E.; William Swanston, F.G.S.; R. L. Patterson, 

 D.L., F.L.S.; Rev. T. Hamilton, D.D., LL.D., President 

 Queen's College ; Hon. Secretary, R. M. Young, J.P., M.R.I.A.; 

 Hon. Treasurer, W. H. F. Patterson ; Librarian, J. H. Davies. 



