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its headquarters at the Museum (of coui'se, with the permission ol 

 the authorities) and to hold its meetings there, seeing that the 

 chief object of our Society is the study of Natural History and 

 Archffiology, especially Avith regard to the Cleveland district, and 

 the first aim of the Museum should be to illustrate this in all its 

 sections as fully as possible, the local part of the collection being 

 of the utmost importance. 



Generally. — During the past year two of our members have 

 been appointed divisional Hon Secretaries of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists Union, for the purpose of arranging and carrying out 

 the excursion meetings in their division, the members being the 

 Rev. J. Hawell, ^M.A. and jNIr. J. J. Eurton, and l)y virtue of this 

 office they become members of the Executive of the Union. 



By the kind assistance of some of our members, viz. : — 

 Messrs. T. F. Ward, Sachse, Punch and Frank Elgee, some 

 considerable saving has been effected in postage by the delivery of 

 notices for the meetings during the winter months. As it is 

 essential that we should work as economically as possible I should 

 be obliged if other of our members would kindly assist in the 

 distribution of circulars during the year ; it is hardly fair that 

 this should be done l^y only two or three members when it is for 

 the benefit of the whole Society. 



It has occurred to me that it would be worth the considera- 

 tion of the Society whether it would not be a good thing to divide 

 the Cleveland district into four or five divisions and during the 

 summer months hold a meeting in each division. It would also 

 be of assistance to the Secretaries if members would take one of 

 the divisions and make all necessary arrangements as to programme, 

 route and guides and personally attend the meeting. This, at the 

 same time, would enable more members to take an active part in 

 the work of the Society. 



If it were not for the expenses involved in multiplying the 

 number of meetings, I sometimes think it Avould be well to have 

 one or two outdoor meetings in the late autumn or early spring 

 months to visit local churches of architectural and archaeological 

 interest such as Uillingham, Norton, Eaglesclifie, Hartlepool, or 

 local Museums such as Whitby, which have many things of local 

 interest, especially geologically. 



I hope members will do their utmost to increase the member- 

 ship (which for the Cleveland district should certainly not be less 



