266 NEW MEMBERS. 
Mr. Baker is perhaps the only naturalist here mentioned who 
is not well known to the members, but he is an accomplished 
botanist, and has recently published a most valuable work on 
the Botany and Geology of North Yorkshire.* The other names 
we need not recommend; they are all those of distinguished 
naturalists. 
We would especially request attention to the meteorological 
observations now undertaken by various Natural History Socie- 
ties. It is only by a combination of many observers that really 
valuable results can be looked for, and as yet the number of 
careful records of atmospheric changes kept in this district is 
scarcely sufficient. 
The Tyneside Naturalists’ Club now occupies a high and 
worthy position; but while we feel proud of this préeminence, 
let us remember that hard work, and hard work alone, will 
sustain the Club in the honourable condition to which it has 
now attained. 
The following gentlemen have been elected members during 
the past year :— 
At the Anniversary Merretinc:—Messrs. C. O. M‘Allum, 
Newcastle; Joseph Heald, Newcastle; Thomas Crossling, New- 
castle; E. C. Davison, Sunderland; Jacob Burnett, Tynemouth ; 
G. E. Crawhall, Durham; Rey. E. Lawson, Longhurst Hall; 
Messrs. “W. B. Ridley, Hexham; T. C. Watson, Heworth 
Lodge; Joseph Smith, jun., Sunderland; Sir Hedworth Wil- 
liamson, Bart., Whitburn Hall. 
At the First Firtp Mertinec:—Messrs. John Candlish, 
Sunderand; R. M. Hudson, Sunderland; Rev. R. E. Hoopell, 
South Shields; Messrs. William Donkin, Quatre Bras ; William 
Ryder, Newcastle; William Wright, Westoe. . 
At the Tuirp Fietp Merrine:—Messrs. William Logan, 
Hetton; E. A. Maling, Sunderland; George May, North Hetton 
Colliery; J. W. Wayman, Sunderland; A. G. Rolf, Gateshead. 
* Since this paragraph was written, Mr. Baker’s whole collection, including all the 
papers and materials relating to the Flora of our two counties, has been destroyed by 
fire, by which catastrophe we fear that the completion of the Flora is rendered more 
distant than ever. 

