BELFAST 



IRatural ibistonj anfc fl>bilo0opbical Society 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1882. 



The Council for the past year, appointed by the Shareholders 

 at their annual Meeting, on the 7th June, 1881, desires to lay 

 before them its Report on their property, and the other interests 

 of the Society. 



The Museum collections are in very good condition, and 

 much has been done during the past year by your curators, 

 with the assistance of some members of the Society, in the way 

 of re-arranging and labelling the specimens ; much progress has 

 also been made in the preparation of a catalogue of the collec- 

 tions, the first part of which has been published this year. 



The employment of two curators, although of undoubted 

 advantage, has entailed considerable additional expense on the 

 Society, which your Council regrets to say, has not yet been 

 met by any adequate increase of shareholders and subscribers. 



A number of specimens have been added to your collections 

 during the past year, a list of which will be given at the end of 

 this report. 



With regard to your library, the librarian has had the books 

 re-arranged and a full catalogue made of them, which he is in a 

 position to publish whenever desired. We continue to receive, 

 in exchange for our transactions, reports of proceedings from 

 the various leading philosophical and scientific societies in 

 Europe, Asia, Australia, and America ; a list of these publica- 

 tions is appended to this report. 



