.Si^tonllj l^nimal ^tpnrt ai lljc Coiinril 



It is with much pleasure that the Council is able to congratulate 

 the members on the progress, and consequent usefulness, of 

 the Club. 



In respect of membership, a notable increase has taken place, Membership, 

 attributable partly to the special effort made by the Council 

 early in the year to bring the objects of the Club prominently 

 before the public, and enlist their sympathy and co-operation, 

 and also to the increased interest shown by the members 

 personally, in the welfare of the Club. During the year, 43 new 

 members have been admitted, making the number at present on 

 roll 175, of whom 19 are honorary members. 



One of the clauses in the agreement made with the Philosophical Location of the 

 and Literary Society — viz., that which makes the engagement of 

 the Library and Lecture Hall by the Naturalists' Club subject to 

 any other engagement of the Philosophical Society — has been 

 found in practice to work very much to the detriment of the 

 Club, and the Council have, on many occasions, been obliged to 

 hire rooms elsewhere. This has entailed extra expense and 

 inconvenience to the members, the books and apparatus of the 

 Club not being available at these altered meetings. The Library 

 and Lecture Hall, when available, have met the requirements of 

 the Club most admirably, and the Council desire to place on 

 record their thanks to the Philosophical and Literary Society for 

 the uniform kindness the Club has received. 



A suggestion that the Club should endeavour to obtain a 

 suitable room from the Leeds Corporation, was warmly supported 

 by the Council, with the result that the President and Messrs. 

 Addyman, Branson, and Stubbins were appointed a committee 

 to confer with the Coi'porate authorities. The Corporate Buildings 

 Committee, with a cordial appreciation of the aims of the Club, 

 met our proposals in a most kind and generous way, and granted 

 a suitable room in close proximity to the Public Reference 

 Library, and the consequent increase in the resources of the 

 Club will in future be available for meeting the expense of 

 printing the various proposed publications. 



