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1896. — The number of members on the Roll was i8i, of 

 whom 20 were elected during the year. 



During the year 11 meetings were held in the Philo- 

 sophical Hall and 2 meetings in the Club's Room. 



The following additions were made to the Library : — 

 The Naturalist, 1896 ; Science Gossip, 1896 ; Transactions 

 of Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Part 19 ; Transactions of 

 North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club, 1895 ; Journal 

 and Transactions of the Leeds Astronomical Society, No. 3 ; 

 Annual Report of the Sheffield Naturalists' Club ; British 

 Association " Report of Conference of Delegates of Corre- 

 sponding Societies held at Liverpool "; Report of the 

 Yorkshire Ramblers' Club ; British Museum Handbook, 

 " An Introduction to the Study of Rocks "; British Museum 

 Handbook, " Guide to British Mycetozoa " ; "On the 

 Structure of the Root," H. Wager, F.L.S., and N. Walker. 



During the summer months excursions were made to 

 Parlington Park, Knaresborough, and Easington in 

 Holderness. 



The best thanks of the Council were given to Colonel 

 Gascoigne and his agent, Mr. T. Herbert Prater, for per- 

 mission given and assistance rendered in visiting Parlington 

 Park ; also to Mr. Sykes, of Cookridge Towers, for the 

 invitation given to the members of the Council to see his 

 very extensive collection of Alpine and other plants. 



The Council congratulated Mr. Wm. Falconer (who had 

 served on the Council for two years) on his promotion to 

 a more important position, and expressed their regret at the 

 loss to the Club, by his removal from the district, of 

 a valuable worker and an excellent botanist. 



On the opening meeting of the Session on March 4th, 

 the President, supported by Messrs. Peter Gilston, ex- 

 Mayor of Leeds, Jno. Cordeaux, President of Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, and David Forsyth, M.A., D.Sc, 

 strongly urged the consideration of the question of the 

 amalgamation of the various Scientific Societies in Leeds 

 (some fifteen in all) into an " Institute of Science," having 

 one building, and one aim in spreading scientific truth, 



