On Easter Monday the Museum was thrown open to the 

 public, as has been customary for many years, at a charge of 

 two pence for adults, and a penny for children, when about six 

 thousand persons visited it during the day. These evinced 

 much interest in the various objects displayed for their exami- 

 nation, and their conduct was most exemplary. 



There have been seven ordinary meetings of the Society 

 held during the past session: — the first meeting, on the ist 

 November, 1881, Mr. Robert Young, C.E., in the chair, when 

 an introductory address on the past history and present position 

 of the Society was read by your President, Mr. R. Lloyd 

 Patterson. The second meeting, on the 6th December, 1881, 

 the President in the chair, Avhen Professor Everett read a paper 

 entitled, " Reminiscences of the Paris Electrical Exhibition and 

 Congress." The third meeting, on the 10th January, 1882, 

 the President in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. Joseph 

 John Murphy on " The Rainy or Post-Glacial Period." The 

 fourth meeting, on the 7th February, 1882, the President in 

 the chair, when Professor Letts read a paper on " Diamonds." 

 The fifth meeting, on the 7th March, 1882, the President in 

 the chair, a paper was read by Professor Cunningham on 

 " Corals and Coral Islands." The sixth meeting, on the 4th 

 April, 1882, the President in the chair, a paper was read by 

 Mr. Robert Young, C.E., entitled, <l Notes on Bun-a-Mairge 

 Abbey and its surroundings." Mr. Isaac J. Murphy also read a 

 short communication on "A Recent Mechanical Invention by 

 Monsieur Peaucellier." The seventh meeting, on the 25th 

 April, 1882, the President in the chair, a paper was read by 

 the Rev. Robert Workman, of Newtownbreda, entitled, " Forts, 

 Houses, and Churches of Ancient Ireland." 



As well as these ordinary meetings, a special meeting was 

 held on the 17th March, 1882, in St. George's Hall, the Presi- 

 dent, Mr. R. Lloyd Patterson, in the chair, when a lecture was 

 delivered by Mr. Alfred Russell Wallace, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., on 

 " Island Life." 



In August last Mr. A. O'D. Taylor, who had acted as Hon. 

 Assistant, Joint or Sole Secretary since the year 1849, a period 



