2 Annual Meeting. 



Ussher, M.R.I.A., Waterford, gave a lecture, subject ' Evidence 

 of the Caves,' illustrated by lantern views. On the 6th January* 

 1903, the Fourth Meeting was held, when Dr. John MacCormac 

 lectured on the subject of ' Heredity in its Relation to the 

 Nervous System,' illustrated by specially prepared lantern 

 slides. The Fifth Meeting took place on the 3rd February, 

 when two papers were read. I. 'The Micro-fauna of the 

 Boulder Clay, with some Remarks on the Movement of Glaciers, 

 illustrated with tables, diagrams, and lantern slides, by Mr. 

 Joseph Wright, F.G.S. II. ' Notes on Some Igneous Rocks in 

 Down and Antrim,' illustrated by specimens, slides, and 

 microscopic sections, by Miss Mary K. Andrews. The Sixth 

 Meeting was held on the 3rd March, when Rev. W. Spotswood 

 Green, M.A., kindly gave an illustrated lecture, subject ' The 

 Armada Wrecks on the Irish Coast.' The Seventh Meeting 

 took place on the 7th April, when Mr. George Coffey, M.A., 

 M.R.I. A., kindly lectured on ' A Lost Principle in Art,' 

 illustrated by a special series of lantern views of ancient and 

 mediaeval buildings. At all these meetings the attendance of 

 members and of the general public showed no diminution, and 

 several of the lectures were the subject of reference and 

 discussion in the Press. 



Owing to the erection of the new Medical Institute, our 

 Society has lost the Ulster Medical Society as tenants. This 

 is to be especially regretted, as the relations between the two 

 Societies have been uniformly harmonious. The room which 

 was occupied by them has been taken by the Belfast Naturalist 

 Field Club for the purpose of a library and meeting place for 

 members. The other societies holding their meetings in the 

 Museum continue to do so. 



The attendance of the general public has been, as usual, 

 very large at the Easter holidays, when the Museum was 

 opened at a nominal charge, and no damage was done to the 

 collections. 



As will be seen by the Hon. Treasurer's Statement of 

 Accounts, duly audited by the Local Government Board's 



