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Dublin he took much interest in the work of the Society. Mr. 

 James O'Neill, M.A., and Mr. H. H. Bottomley, who passed away 

 during the year, were both valued members of long standing, 

 while Mr. Davys Bowman had more recently joined the Society. 

 The death of Mrs. Bryce, in August last, severed another link 

 with the past history of the Society, as her husband, Dr. James 

 Bryce, was one of the early members and a former secretary. His 

 portrait was presented by his widow to the Museum some years 

 ago. 



Your Council were much gratified to know that your Curator's 

 scientific researches have received well-merited recognition from 

 the Linnean Society of London, of which he has been elected an 

 Associate. Advantage was taken of the occasion by some members 

 of your Society and of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club to 

 present Mr. Stewart with a testimonial at the last meeting on 26th 

 April. 



During the year a good number of plants have been mounted 

 for the local herbarium. Many of these are to replace unsatisfactory 

 specimens already in the collection, but many are of the rarer 

 Irish species, including the set recently presented by Mr. R. Lloyd 

 Praeger. These were collected lately in Antrim and Down and 

 are additions to the lists of those counties. Some progress has 

 been made in remounting and labelling the large collection of 

 foreign mollu sea and echinodermata, and a considerable amount 

 of time has been occupied in replacing the labels in the different 

 rooms of the Museum. 



Amongst the donations to the Society of special interest are two 

 fragments of papyrus from Oxyrhynchus presented by the Egyptian 

 Exploration Fund, through the good offices of Mr. John Ward, 

 J.P. 



In accordance with the constitution of the Society, five members 

 of Council now retire from office, four of whom are eligible for 

 re-election. 



Mr. W. H. F. Patterson, Honorary Treasurer, submitted the 

 financial statement, which showed that the accounts for the year 



