164 



A feature of the evening, also, was the display of microscopes 

 and objects, the arranging of which was kindly looked after by 

 Miss Young, and Messrs. Simpson and Jones, who lent micro- 

 scopes, as also did Messrs. J. E. Stead, D. Thomas, T. Brown, 

 J. J. Burton, Dr. Veitch, — Stevens, and others, the Society 

 being specially thankful to many non-members for loan of instru- 

 ments and objects. Mr. Barnes, of Harrogate, also came over 

 specially with a microscope and his very interesting series of 

 slides. 



Our Society is also very much indebted to one of our 

 members, Mr. S. Lithgow, who undertook to decorate the Hall, 

 and furnish tables for exhibits, etc., free of cost, and we must 

 congratulate him on the generous and excellent way in which 

 he carried this out. 



Our Society also arranged for Special Excursions on the 

 Saturday in connection with the Y. N. U. visit, biit these were 

 also very much interfered with by the weather. Seven or eight 

 visited Guisborough, where permission had been granted by Sir 

 Bernard Samuelson & Co. to visit the Spawood Ironstone 

 Mines. We were indebted to Mr. Charlton for drawing up the 

 programme for the above, and he also kindly met and conducted 

 the party on arrival. 



Another party journeyed to Redcar, from whence it was 

 proposed to visit the Tees mouth, but, owing to the state of the 

 weather, this was impossible, and the time was spent in 

 inspecting Mr. T. H. Nelson's Collection of Birds and Eggs. 



The only other meeting held during the Winter took place 

 on March 2nd, when an interesting paper was delivered by Mr. 

 W. Sachse, entitled " The Care of Insects for the Preservation 

 of their Species," illustrated by lantern views. The lecture was 

 attended by upwards of twenty members and friends. 



Membership. — The membership of the Club now stands at 

 80, which includes one Honorary Member — a decrease of seven 

 members as compared with last year. During the year 11 new 

 members have been elected. This is considerably below the 

 number elected in the previous year, which was 28. On the 

 other hand, four members have died and eight resigned, some of 

 them having left the district, and six have been struck off the 

 rolls for non-payment of ai rears of subscription. 



The Death Roll inchxded some very prominent members, 

 among whom were the Rev Canon Atkinson, well known to all 

 of us as an Author, Archaeologist and Naturalist of repute. 



