12 Annual Meeting. 



House of Commons, 



20th June, 1888. 

 My Dear Sir, 



You will learn from the enclosed that I have not heen overlooking the 

 request that you made to me on the 27th April last, with reference to specimens 

 of armour plates pierced hy projectiles, and am glad that the Admiralty has 

 consented to lend them, which I helieve will he one of those loans that you will 

 never be asked to return. 



Yours sincerely, 



J. P. COERY. 

 E. M. Young, Esq. 



The enclosure was a letter from the Secretary to the 

 Admiralty, addressed to Sir James P. Corry, as follows : — 



Admiralty, S.W. 

 Sir, 



With reference to the application from the Belfast Natural History and 

 Philosophical Society (forwarded to you on the 27th April last) for the loan of 

 some specimens of trial armour pierced by projectiles, I am commanded by my 

 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that authority has been 

 given to the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth to lend the specimens 

 required on application being made to him by the society, notifying how it is 

 desired that the plates shall be forwarded from Portsmouth. It will be under- 

 stood that the cost of carriage from Portsmouth will be borne by the Society. 

 Your obedient servant, 



EVAN M'GEEGOR. 



On the motion of Mr. William Gray, seconded by Dr. 

 Steen, votes of thanks were passed to Sir James P. Corry for 

 the trouble he had kindly taken in the matter and to the 

 Admiralty for their grant of the loan. 



The Hon. Secretary said it was proposed to place the 

 specimens when received in the area in front of the Museum, 

 so that the public could inspect them without charge. They 

 would, no doubt, be interesting in a town in which shipbuilding 

 was so extensively carried on. 



The election of members of Council was then proceeded 

 with. The ballot resulted in the re-election of the old Council, 

 with the exception that Professor Fitzgerald was substituted 

 for Professor Cunningham. 



The President announced that several interesting papers 



