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namely, Sir John Byers, Dr. Allworthy, and Mr. William Faren, 

 be re-elected, and that the names of Sir Charles Brett and Mr. 

 Arthur Deane be added to the list. 



Subsequently a meeting of the new Council was held, to elect 

 officers for the ensuing year. These, together with the new 

 Council, will be found on page 92. 



ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



Annual Meeting. 



The third General Meeting of the Section was held in the 

 Museum on Wednesday, November 26th, at 3-30 p.m. In the 

 unavoidable absence of the Chairman, Sir Charles Brett, the 

 chair was occupied by Mr. R. M. Young, M.A., M.R.I.A. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Councillor Henry Riddell. M.E.), re- 

 ported that at the close of the session he had funds in hand 

 amounting to almost £64 ; about £6 was due to be paid, and the 

 subscriptions due for the new session and subsidy from the parent 

 society would bring the amount available for the work of the 

 Section during the coming session to about £90. 



The Hon. Secretary of the Section (Mr. H. C. Lawlor, 

 M.R.I.A.) reported that from various causes three members of 

 the Section had resigned, and one, the late and much lamented 

 Mr. John Horner, had died ; four new members had joined, 

 leaving the membership of the Section at 69. He expressed 

 regret that during the past session a more general interest in the 

 objects of the Archaeological Section had not been shown, and 

 that no applications for grants in aid of research had been made 

 by members or others since last meeting. He read an account of 

 the investigation of the crannog at Ballygolan (adjoining the 

 Bellevue Gardens, iVntrim Road, Belfast), and of some megalithic 

 monuments in the sandhills at Portrush. (For details see pp. 

 71—86.) 



Mr. W. A, Green exhibited some interesting pottery frag- 



