BELFAST 



NATURAL HISTORY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



SESSION, 1901-1902. 



loth December, 1901. 



Mr. J. Brown, President, in the Chair. 



THE BELFAST MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL 



INSTITUTE : ITS AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS. 



By F. C. Forth, Assoc. R.C.Sc.I. 



{Abstract.) 



In the course of his remarks, Mr. Forth stated that as early 

 as the year 1807 a meeting was held in Belfast for the 

 furtherance of instruction in Science and Technology. At a 

 more recent period, viz., in the year 1883, the Royal Commission 

 on Technical Education had held an enquiry in Belfast as to 

 the facilities provided for technical instruction. Extracts read 

 from the report of the Commissioners went to show that the 

 educational facilities provided in the city were at that period in 

 a very unsatisfactory state. 



