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SECRETARY'S REPORT FOE SEASON 1901-2. 



It is my pleasing duty to report that, on the whole, the past 

 season has been the most successful one that we have had m the 

 annals of our Club, more interest being taken in the work of the 

 Club, and a special feature is the support I have had from 

 members with regard to the Winter Meetings and in Papers 

 contributed to our Proceedings ; but the general support is still 

 far short of wliat it should be for a Club of this description, 

 covering such a fine field for Natural History investigation as 

 Cleveland. 



Summer Meetings. — -The programme for the Summer months 

 provided for six meetings, exclusive of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union Meetings, none of which were held in our district during 

 the past year. The attendance at the meetings, with the 

 exception of the two last, was good. 



The opening meeting was held on May 4th at Guisbrough, 

 when, the day being fine, a party of about 20 attended. On 

 arriving at Guisbrough, the attention of members was first directed 

 to the interesting sculptural remains which formed the De Brus 

 tomb, and which are now placed in the Entrance Porch of 

 Guisbrough Church. The Guisbrough Abbey remains were 

 viewed, but the excursion being planned for Upleatham and 

 Marske, no time was spent there. Nothing very special was 

 noticed by any of the Sections during the afternoon ; both 

 botanically and in other respects the season seemed to be 

 backward. 



The valley traversed en route for Upleatham seemed to be 

 very richly vegetated, and would probably be well worth 

 re-visiting at a somewhat later period of the year. It would 

 probably be well worth the attention of any of our members who 

 care to work individually, especially those interested in Botany or 

 Entomology. 



It was with regret that the party noticed the great change 

 that is taking place at Upleatham, both in the Hall and Grounds 

 and the A'illage, the Hall being completely dismantled and taken 

 down, as are also most of the houses which constituted the 

 Village, owing to the ironstone mining which is taking place 

 underneath ; the result of taking this stone out (to a depth of 

 13 ft., I understand) being that all the buildings coming over the 



