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A few Members attended the Y.N.U. Meeting at Osmother- 

 ley, on August Bank Holiday. When I say Osmotherley, 

 I mean Northallerton, for though ostensibly held at the 

 former village, it was really held at Northallerton. This 

 was not without its compensations, the most pleasurable 

 part of the Meeting being undoubtedly the long drives 

 from the town to the foot of the hills and back again. 



The Club are indebted to Mr. T. C. Hutchinson, of Saltburn, 

 for permission to visit the Boulby Alum Quarries. 



Winter Meetings. — Eleven of these have been held, 

 but, with one or two exceptions, the attendance thereat has 

 been very moderate. When it is borne in mind that the 

 lecturers put themselves to no little inconvenience and 

 trouble in preparing their lectures, it is somewhat dis- 

 couraging to have to record such meagre attendances. 



The Exhibition Meeting arranged for October 17th was, 

 for some unaccountable reason, a complete failure, only 

 seven Members attending and no exhibits being sent in, 

 although Mr. Henry Simpson had been good enough to 

 arrange microscopes and to have one or two special objects 

 for inspection. Usually, these exhibition meetings are very 

 successful. 



General lectures, not dealing with any branch of science 

 were given on " Richard Jeffries," by the Rev. George 

 Lane ; and a Y.N.U. lantern lecture by Mr. Godfrey Bingley, 

 of Leeds, entitled : " From Cornwall to Shrewsbury." Mr. 

 G. B. Walsh also gave us a physical lecture on " Rest and 

 Motion." 



Our thanks are due to the lecturers for giving their papers, 

 to the Literary and Philosophical Society for the use of 

 their rooms, and to the authorities of the Dorman Memorial 

 Museum for allowing two meetings to be held there. 



We are indebted to Mr. Simpson for reports of our meetings 

 in the local press, and to the editors of the " Star," " Echo " 

 and " Gazette " for inserting same. 





