38 Annual Meeting. 



The Third Meeting was held on the 3rd January, 1905, in the 

 Wellington Hall, with the Lord Mayor (Sir Otto Jaffe) in the chair, 

 when an illustrated lecture on " Some Results of the National 

 Antarctic Expedition " was kindly given by Mr. Hartley T. Ferrar, 

 B.A., F.G.S., geologist to the "Discovery" Expedition 1901-04. 



The Fourth Meeting was held on 7th February, 1905, when a 

 lecture was given by Professor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc. M.R.I A. ; 

 subject, " The Work of the Ulster Fisheries Association," illustra- 

 ted by numerous lime-light views. 



The Fifth Meeting was held on 14th March, 1905, when Mr. 

 Seaton F. Milligan, M.R.I. A., delivered a lecture ; subject, 

 "Cruise around Ireland with the Royal Society of Antiquaries, 

 June, 1904," illustrated by lantern views. 



The concluding meeting took place on 4th April, 1905, when 

 the following papers were read: — (1) "Russia : Its People and 

 Politics," by Mr. John Horner ; (2) Some Irish Ghosts," by Mr. 

 E. J. M'Kean, B.A., B.L. 



There was a good attendance of the members, and of the 

 general public at all these meetings. The different societies who 

 hold their Meetings in the Museum continue to do so. As usual 

 the public were admitted to the Museum at a nominal charge 

 during the Easter Holidays, but the attendance was not as large as 

 on some previous occasions, probably owing to the fine weather and 

 various counter attractions. 



The Members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 

 attending the Ulster meeting in July were admitted free to the Mu- 

 seum, as on the last occasion of their visit in 1892. Those visiting 

 the Museum expressed their gratification at seeing such a fine col- 

 lection of Irish Antiquities belonging to a provincial society as 

 contained in the Benn Room, especially such recent additions as 

 the recent inauguration chair of the O'Neils, and other local 

 objects. In regard to the museum collections there have been no 

 changes of any note to report during the past year. The assistant 

 curator has been much occupied in the cleaning, re-labelling, and 

 otherwise looking after the collections in the various rooms. Some 



