The Club is indebted to Professor Arthur Smithells, B.Sc, 

 F.I.C., for his demonstration of "Argon," and to the Presi- 

 dent for exhibiting the Kinetoscope, and to the Public 

 Library Committee of the City Council for the loan of 

 Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion." 



The Honorary Treasurer's accounts showed a very satis- 

 factory financial condition. 



Mr. Washington Teasdale, a former president of the 

 Club, was elected an honorary member during the year. 

 Mr. Teasdale was an original member of the Club, and 

 for many years did valuable work both at Council and 

 ordinary meetings. Mr. Teasdale contributed some valuable 

 communications and exhibits to meetings during the year. 



The Council called the attention of members to the 

 series of meetings devoted to Pond-Life, held in the Spring 

 Session, and to the series of practical demonstrations of 

 Botanical types inaugurated in the Session. This latter series 

 will be continued next Autumn Session. By organising 

 a progressive series of papers on one subject it was hoped 

 that young members might be induced to take up the study 

 of the subject selected. 



The opinion was expressed that much assistance might 

 be rendered to one another by the Scientific Societies of 

 Leeds in arranging joint meetings, when papers mutually 

 interesting might be read. This was done in one instance 

 during the year. 



The Club was again elected a Corresponding Society of 

 the British Association, and Mr. Harold Wager, F.L.S., 

 was appointed delegate. The Club also remained affiliated to 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and the Council appointed 

 the President and Messrs. H. Wager, F.L.S., H. Crowther, 

 F.R.M.S., and H. B. Wilson as delegates for the Annual 

 Meeting at York. 



On the invitation of the Council, supported by the Leeds 

 Geological Association and the Leeds Co-operative Field 

 Club, the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union decided to hold the 

 Annual Meeting for 1896 at Leeds. 



