BELFAST 



IRatural Ibfstorp anfc ipbilosopbical Society. 



ANNUAL REPORT i884. 



The Council for the year 1883-4, appointed by the Shareholders 

 at their annual Meeting, on the 19th June, 1883, desire to 

 present to their meeting the Report of the working of the Society 

 during the past year. 



The Winter Session was opened on November 6th by an 

 address by the President, Professor Cunningham, the subject 

 selected being "The Extinct Floras of the British Islands." The 

 second paper was read on December 4th, by Mr. Joseph John 

 Murphy, and was a communication from Professor Heddle, of 

 St. Andrew's, on " Agates." Mr. William Gray followed with 

 a notice of u The Sand Hills of Ballintoy." On January 8th, 

 1884, there were two papers, one by Mr. Joseph Wright — 

 " Remarks on the Tendency to Variation in Foraminifera, as 

 illustrated in the Genus Lagena" ; the other by the Rev. George 

 Robinson, on " The Occurrence of some Rare Birds at Lough 

 Neagh since 1876." On February 5th, a paper was read by 

 Professor Meissner, Ph.D., Queen's College ; subject : " Heathen 

 Antiquities in Christian Churches." On February 12th, Mr. 

 William Hancock, F.R.G.S., of the Chinese Imperial Customs 

 Service, read a paper on " North Formosa ; its Physical Geo- 

 graphy, Flora, Fauna, and Aborigines." On March 4th there 

 were two papers ; the readers were Mr. F. W. Lockwood, on 

 " Sanitary Protection Associations ; their Success and Mode of 

 Operations," and Mr. Robert Young, who gave " A Notice of 

 some North American Stone Implements." The concluding 



