42 SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
election. 
_ On. the other hand, the Society has lost 2 members by death, one 
of them, Mr. G. W. Newton, being one of the founders and in the 
Society’s early years a member of the Council; and the other, Mr. 
Wm. Reynolds, a new member, dying within three months of his 
election. The names of 13 other members have been removed 
from the rolls by resignation and other causes. 
The total membership of the Society now stands at 152, inclu- 
ding 4 members whose subscriptions are in arrear. 
The census of the Society for the beginning and end of the year 
stands as. follows :— 
1876 1877 
fo) I Life Member. 
5 13 Honorary Members. 
99 83 Original Members. 
I 35 New Ordinary Members. 
fe) 20 Non-resident Members. 
105 152 Totals. 
During the year Mr. Fairfax Wooler, an original member, was 
elected a Life Member, in recognition of his gifts towards the 
Library. 
MEETINGS. 
During the year 36 evening meetings have been held, with an 
average attendance of 20, as against 16 in the Yorkshire Exhibition 
year and 20 in the previous year. 
Twenty meetings have been devoted to the exhibition of speci- 
mens and conversation, with an average attendance of 18. 
At 16 of the meetings papers were read, and the average attend- 
ance was 22)4. 
One of the papers read, that on “The reasoning powers of Cater- 
pillars,” by Mr. S. Everard Woods, has since been published in 
extenso in the “Naturalist” for February 1877. 
The state of the attendance at the Lecture meetings still deserves 
the consideration of the members, and the Council are of opinion 
that the average attendance at such meetings is far too low. 
A list of the papers read during the year is appended to this 
report. 
EXCURSIONS. 
The Excursions during the year, with one exception, were 
