ANNUAL REPOR T, i 9 o5. 



The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of this Society was 

 held on 14th July, in the Belfast Museum, College Square North. 

 The President (Professor Johnson Symington, M.D., F.R.S.) 

 occupied the chair, and there were also present — Sir James 

 Henderson, D.L. ; the President of Queen's College (Rev. Dr. 

 Hamilton) ; Dr. Wm. Calwell ; and Messrs Robert Young, J.P. ; 

 George Kidd, J.P. ; R. M. Young, B.A., J.P., M.R.I.A. (Hon. 

 Secretary) ; John H. Davies ; Wm. Gray, M.R.I.A. ; Seaton F. 

 Milligan, M.R.I.A. ; W. R. Rea ; Wm. Armstrong ; Joseph 

 Wright, F.G.S. ; John Horner ; William Workman ; H. C. 

 Montgomery ; D. A. Maxwell ; Isaac W. Ward, and Nevin H. 

 Foster. An apology for inability to be present was received from 

 Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson, D.L. The minutes of the last 

 meeting having been read and confirmed, 



Mr. R. M. Young (Hon. Secretary) submitted the Annual 

 Report, which stated : — 



The Council of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical 

 Society desire to submit their Report of the Working of the 

 society during the past year. The Winter Session was opened 

 in the Museum on the 22nd November, 1904,. when an illustra- 

 ted lecture was kindly delivered by Mr Francis C. Forth, Assoc. 

 R.C.Sc.L, Principal of the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute, 

 on "Technical Instruction in Belfast : a Retrospect and a Prospect", 

 followed by a discussion in which the President and other educa- 

 tionalists took part. 



The Second Meeting was held on 19th December, 1904, 

 when Mr. James Taylor kindly gave a lecture on "Stained Glass, 

 Ancient and Modern," illustrated by a series of special lantern 

 slides. 



