ANNUAL REPORT, 1906-7. 



The Annual Meeting of the shareholders of the Society was held 

 on 27th September, 1906, in the Museum, College Square North. 

 Sir Otto Jaffe. J. P. (President), occupied the chair, and there were 

 also present— Rev. Dr. Hamilton (President of Queen's 

 College), Rev. A. D. Orr j Messrs. Robert Young, j.P. ; Godfrey 

 Ferguson, J.P. ; John Horner, J. H. Davies, Joseph Wright, 

 F.G.S. ; W. Faren, W. T. Braithwaite, R. A. Kyle ; William Gray, 

 M.R.I.A. ; Robert Patterson, M.R.I.A. ; H. Riddell, H. C. 

 Montgomery, Isaac Ward, and R. M. Young, J.P., M.R.I.A. 

 (Hon. Secretary). 



Mr. R. M. Young read the Annual Report, as follows : — 



The Winter Session was opened in the Museum on 13th 

 November, 1906, when an inaugural address was delivered by the 

 President, Sir Otto Jaffe, J.P. — subject, " Weimar and its associa- 

 tions with Goethe and Schiller," illustrated with a special series of 

 lantern slides. The second meeting was held on 4th December, 

 when an illustrated lecture was given by Mr. J. T. N. Anderson, 

 M.Inst.C.E., on " Present Works and Progress in Australia and 

 New Zealand." 



The Third Meeting was held on 7th January, 1907, when Mr. 

 James Taylor lectured on " Representative Modern Painters,'' 

 illustrated with numerous lantern slides. The Fourth Meeting 

 was held on 12th February, when Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, J. P., 

 M.R LA., delivered a lecture — subject, "The Norsemen in 

 Ireland," illustrated by lantern views and specimens of Viking 

 ornaments found in Ireland. The fifth meeting was held on 12th 

 March, when the following papers were read : — 



(I.) " Some German Educational Methods and Ideals," by 

 Prof. J. A. Lindsay, M.A.. M.D. 



(II.) "Alexander Mitchell, a famous Belfast Engineer," by 

 Mr. F. J. Bigger, M.R.I.A. 



