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Library. — The following works have been added to the 

 Society's small Library during the past year : — Hull Society's 

 Proceedings for 1907 ; The Naturalist for 1906 ; and the 

 Yorkshire Geological Society's Transactions for 1907. 



Generally. — Our meetings have been frequently reported 

 in the local press, and our thanks for this are due to the 

 Editor of the "North Eastern Gazette," the "Northern 

 Echo," and the " North Star." Our thanks are also due 

 to the N.E.R. for kindly granting members special privileges 

 for travelling at reduced fares and also for specially stopping 

 trains at non-stop stations for two of our Meetings. 



My thanks are due to members for kind assistance in making 

 arrangements for meetings, and the Club's thanks are specially 

 due to those who have given papers and acted as guides at 

 our meetings. I personally am very much indebted to the 

 great assistance rendered me by Mr. Frank Elgee as Assistant 

 Secretary, and also to Mr. H. Simpson who has seen to the 

 reporting of many of the meetings, and has also assisted me 

 very much in connection with meetings where Microscopes 

 were required. 



In concluding my final report it will probably interest 

 members to know that the Club since formed as the Cleveland 

 Naturalists' Field Club has been in existence 27 years, and of 

 this period I have now been Secretary for the past 10 years. 

 When formed the Society had 72 members ; when I took up 

 the position of Secretary it had about 65, now the membership 

 is 109, and with a more active Secretary I am quite sure this 

 number should be considerably increased. During the past 

 years the number of Winter Meetings has increased year by 

 year, and in the past season 15 Winter Meetings have been 

 held, this being a record for the Club. During the time I 

 have been Secretary 1 Volume (consisting of 5 parts) of the 

 Proceedings has been completed and 2 parts of Volume II 

 published. 



T. A. Lofthouse. 



