BEL FAST 



Natural 1btetor$ anfc pbilosopbical Society 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1886. 



The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the above named 

 Society was held on the 3rd June, 1886, at three o'clock, in the 

 Museum, College Square North. There were present : — The 

 President, Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A. ; Mr. R. L. Patter- 

 son, J.P., F.L.S. ; Mr. Robert Young, C.E. ; Mr. Robert M. 

 Young ; Mr. Thomas Workman, J. P. ; Mr. Wm. Gray, 

 M.R.I.A. ; Mr. Wm. Swanston, Rev. John Kinghan, Mr. W. 

 Meharg, and Mr. Isaac Ward. 



The Secretary (Mr. R. M. Young) read the report as follows : — 

 " The Council of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 appointed by the shareholders at their annual meeting on the 

 14th May, 1885, desire to submit their report of the working of 

 the Society during the past year. The winter session was 

 opened on November 3rd, 1885, with an address from your 

 President, Mr. Wm. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., the subject selected 

 being ' The History and Legends of some Irish Lakes.' The 

 second meeting was held on January 5th, 1886, when Mr. 

 Thomas Workman, J.P., read a paper on ' Eastern Reminis- 

 cences, Aden, India, and Burmah.' The lecture was illustrated 

 by a series of admirable photographs and lantern views. The 

 third meeting was held on February 2nd, 1886, when Professor 

 Fitzgerald read a paper on ' The Forth Bridge,' illustrated by 

 a model and diagrams. Mr. Wm. Swanston, F.G.S., also gave 

 a paper on ' Supposed Saurian Remains from the Antrim Chalk.' 

 A short communication by Mr. John Anderson, J.P., F.G.S., 

 on ■« A Human Skull Recently Found at Tillysburn,' was also 



