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Our thanks are also due to the Lit. and Phil. Council for the 

 loan of the Room, both for these meetings, and for the Committee 

 Meetings and Classes. 



Proceedings. — During the past season, a volume of our 

 Proceedings was published, and sent out to the members, which, 

 as far as I know, was a great improvement on anything we have 

 hitherto published, and contained some valuable records of 

 Natural History, and other notes relating to the Cleveland 

 district. Among the principal contributions were Dr. Veitch's 

 paper entitled " Prehistoric Middlesbrough " and a List of 

 Mollusca contributed by the Rev. J. Hawell. The volume was 

 very favourably reviewed by the Naturalist. I may say that the 

 photograph which forms the frontispiece was taken by my 

 brother, Mr. A. W. Lofthouse, and that our President (Mr. W. H. 

 Thomas) kindly provided the block free of charge. Our thanks 

 are due to Rev. J. Hawell, M.A., for kindly editing the 

 publication. 



I have not received any papers for the next Proceedings as 

 jet, but know that there are some in hand, and I have no doubt 

 that with the assistance of the members, and if the expense of 

 publication is not a bar, we may get material together for a 

 volume for this season equal to, if not surpassing, our last effort. 

 This part of the work of the Society is, I consider, one of the 

 most valuable, and I think that we should have much more 

 assistance from the members, (even contributions of small notes 

 being acceptable). This part of the work should not fall 

 altogether on to the Sectional Officers. 



There are also a good many outside the Society who, if they 

 could be prevailed on to join, could give us great assistance in 

 this branch of our work. 



Classes. — A suggestion made at the last Annual Meeting 

 was also carried out partly ; that was the forming of Classes in 

 diff'erent Natural History subjects. Reply Post Cards were sent 

 out to the whole of the members, and, as a result, it was decided 

 to form classes in Botany and Geology. 



The Botany Class, which upwards of 80 members joined, 

 was kindly taken by Miss Young, and was very well attended 

 throughout, and proved of use to a good number of the members. 

 I do not know whether it is the intention of this Section to 

 continue these Classes in the coming Spring. 



