Belfast natural Ibistorp anfc pbilosopbical 

 Society 



ANNUAL REPORT, i 9 o3-4. 



The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders was held on 20th June, 

 1904, in the Museum, College Square North. Professor Symington, 

 M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., President, occupied the chair, and amongst 

 those present were — Rev. Dr. Hamilton (President Queen's Col- 

 lege) ; Dr. John MacCormac ; Messrs. John Ward, J. P., F.S.A. ; 

 Geo. Kidd, J.P. ; R. M. Young, J.P. (Hon. Secretary) ; John 

 Horner, J. P.; J. H. M'llwaine, John Carson, Robert Patterson, 

 M.R.I.A. ; W. Gray, M.R.I.A.; W. PL F. Patterson, R. A. Kyle, 

 W. Swanston, F.G.S.; J. E. Magill, and H. C. Montgomery. 



The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Robert M. Young, M.R.I.A., J.P., 

 read the Annual Report, which was as follows : — 



The Winter Session was opened in the Museum on the 3rd 

 November, 1 903, when the President, Professor Johnson Symington, 

 M.D., F.R.S., gave an inaugural address, subject, "John Grattan : 

 an Appreciation of his Scientific Work," with illustrations. The 

 second meeting was held on the 1st December, when Professor 

 J. W. Byers, M.A., M.D., delivered a lecture, subject, " Sayings, 

 Proverbs, and Humour of Ulster." The third meeting took place 

 on the 28th of January, 1904, when Mr. John M. Finnegan, B.A., 

 B.Sc, gave a lecture on " Radium," illustrated by experiments, 

 &c. The fourth meeting was held on 17th February, when a 

 lecture was kindly given by Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, B.A., B.E., 



