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various causes have been in operation which no doubt have 

 somewhat interfered with our work, especially in the Winter 

 session. 



Summer Meetings. — During the .summer months nine Meet- 

 ings were held, these including three which were held in 

 conjunction with the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. The attend- 

 ance at cur various excursions was a little below the average 

 attained last year, the threatening weather on four occasions 

 at least, interfering materially with the attendance. 



The opening excursion of the year was held at Kettleness, 

 on May 5th, in perfect weather, when upwards of 20 members 

 attended. The party walked from Kettleness to Runswick, the 

 Geologists especially having a very good day under the able 

 guidance of one of our Vice-Presidents, Dr. W. Y. Veitch, who 

 will, I trust, be able and willing to act as guide at some of our 

 meetings in the coming season. Work was done in other 

 branches, but nothing of special interest was noticed unless it 

 was that vegetation was very backward owing to the continued 

 prevalence of cold weather. The cuckoo, sedgewarbler, white- 

 throat, and other migrants were noticed by the Ornithologists. 



A notable feature of interest to many of our members were 

 the unfortunate effects of the landslips that had taken place 

 during the previous winter, the results of which have been to 

 place several of the buildings at Runswick in a very precarious 

 condition. 



The second meeting, held at Battersby, on May 26th, the 

 weather again being fine, resulted in the best attendance of the 

 season, there being some 30 members present. The district 

 proved interesting, and the members of the various sections did 

 some little work. A notable find by the Botanists was the 

 Green Hellebore, which was in flower at Ingleby. The 

 Geologists did a little hammering near Bilsdale Head, but were 

 hampered owing to lack of time. The Lepidopterists of the party 

 worked round by Gilsey "Wood and Turkey Nab, but the afternoon 

 coming in both dull and cold, very little was noticed, the prin- 

 cipal find being a pretty Noctua larva (Noctua agathina) taken 

 on the heather. 



The next meeting was in connection with the Yorkshire 

 N.U., at Askham Bog, on Whit-Monday, June 6th, when four 

 or five of our members attended. These meetings are both 

 interesting and useful in that they bring persons together from 



