BELFAST 



NATURAL HISTORY 

 AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



SESSION 1904- 1905. 



22nd November, 1904. 



Professor Johnson Symington, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., 

 in the chair. 



TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN BELFAST : 



A RETROSPECT AND A PROSPECT. 



By Fras. C. Forth, Assoc. R.C.Sc.L, Principal of the 



Municipal Technical Institute. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Forth began his Address with a short review of the paper 

 he had read before the Society in December, 1901, entitled, 

 " The Municipal Technical Institute : its Aims and Aspirations," 

 touching upon the leading points then discussed, and comparing 

 the work then projected with that which had since been accom- 

 plished. 



Referring to the class entries for the First Session as compared 

 with the current Session, it was stated that whereas at the end of 

 the tenth week in the First Session the class entries totalled some 

 3,000, at the end of the tenth week in the present (the Fourth) 

 Session, the class entries totalled over 6,000 (the actual figures 

 being 6,180). The number of students enrolled has propor- 

 tionately increased, the number now being 4,555, with 103 in the 

 Day (or Trade Preparatory) School ; making a total of 4,658 

 individuals. 



