In connection with the Marine Excursion to Scarborough 

 and Filey, the Council acknowledged their indebtedness to 

 Major J. W. Woodall, M.A., J.P., F.G.S., of Scarborough, 

 who, as on former occasions, very generously placed his 

 steam yacht at their disposal ; and also the valuable assist- 

 ance of Dr. C. G. Wheelhouse, of Filey. 



The best thanks of the Club were given to Dr. H. J. 

 Johnson-Lavis, M.D., M.R.C.S., B.-es-Sc, &c., of Naples, 

 for his admirable Lecture on "The History and Geology of 

 Vesuvius," which was specially valuable owing to the 

 authority with which the Lecturer is entitled to speak on the 

 subject, which has been his life-study, and to Lord Masham 

 of Swinton, Major-General the Right Honourable John 

 Clifton Cowell, K.C.B., Sir Robert Tempest, Bart., John 

 Cliff, Esq., James Carter, Esq., M.B.O.U., Octavius Eddison, 

 Esq., and R. W. Eddison, Esq., for permission to visit 

 their grounds on the occasion of the excursions, and to 

 the Rev. T. W. Titterington and Thomas Pratt, Esq., 

 M.R.C.V.S., for their kindness in conducting excursions. 



The following additions were made to the Library : — 

 Cooke's "Desmids"; Lee's " Microtomist's Vade-Mecum"; 

 Carpenter — "The Microscope and its Revelations," 2nd ed., 

 edited and revised by Dr. Dallinger. 



The following were presented : — British Association 

 Reports— Cardiff Meeting ; Mr. W. E. Collinge— On the 

 Preservation of Teleostean Ova ; Mr. E. R, Waite, F.L.S. — 

 "Vertebrates of the Western Ainsty " (Yorkshire); Mr. 

 W. Paul— "On Germs." 



The work undertaken by the Club of Labelling the Trees 

 and Shrubs in Roundhay Park was completed so far as the 

 pecuniary grant of the Leeds County Council would permit. 

 Most of the conspicuous native trees in the Park were pro- 

 vided with a label. 



The Council announced the departure from Leeds of 

 Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., who had accepted an important 

 appointment in the Australian Museum, Sydney, New Souih 

 Wales. Mr. Waite had long been a hard-working, energetic 

 member of the Society, and the Council, on wishing him well, 

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