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He was elected an Honorary Member of our Society some 

 years ago in acknowledgment of his service rendered to Natural 

 History, Archaeology, etc., by his many publications, and 

 especially so with reference to the Cleveland District. The 

 Club, in its early years, was also, I believe, indebted to 

 him for reading papers and acting as guide at one or two 

 excursions, one of which, I believe, was at Guisborough Abbey. 

 The last occasion on which he was with the Club was on its 

 visit to Kildale in the Spring of 1893, on which occasion the 

 Keeper wished to turn him out of the Woods. 



Another prominent gentleman and member, Mr. J. G. 

 Swan, J.P., of Upsall Hall, passed away in December of last 

 year. He was greatly interested in Ornithology, and at one 

 time, I believe, made a very good collection of Birds. He was 

 a member of the Free Library Committee, and took a great deal 

 of interest in the formation of the Museum. 



Dr. R. T. Manson, also deceased, was only a recent addition 

 to our membership, but he was well known in the district as a 

 Geologist of some note, and also as author of " Zig-Zag 

 Ramblings " in the vicinity of Darlington. He attended our 

 excursions on one or two occasions. 



The other member who died during the past season was the 

 Rev. V. G. Daltry, Rector of Yarm, a member of four or five 

 years' standing, although I only remember him being at one 

 meeting. That was at Yarm two years ago, when he kindly 

 conducted our members over the Church. 



Proceedings. — No Proceedings have been published during 

 the past year. Owing to the 1899 papers only being got 

 together late in 1900, it was decided to publish the 1900 papers 

 along with them, and 1 am pleased to say that ample material 

 has been got together to form a volume equal to, if not superior 

 to any we have hitherto published. It is in the hands of our 

 Honorary Editor, the Rev. J. Hawell, MA., and will, I hope, 

 be published before the commencement of the Summer season. 

 I consider that this section of our work is not nearly as well 

 supported by the general body of members as should be the case. 

 It should not be left to the few to provide material for our 

 publications. I am quite sure there are a good number of our 

 members who could, if they chose, contribute very much to this 

 portion of the work of our Society. 



The Cleveland District is a very extensive one, and in it 

 there is room for any number of workers. Contributions need 



