During the negotiations, the Council have undertaken, on the 

 part of the Club, to commence the formation of a local collection, 

 to illustrate the natural history of the district and the publica- 

 tions of the Club. With this further object in view, the Council 

 hope that the number of specimens exhibited at meetings of the 

 Club will be largely increased, and typical specimens ^Ji'esented 

 to the Museum. 



It is proposed to print, early in the year, the present Annual 

 Report, with an abstract of the reports for the years 1879 to 1884 

 inclusive ; also lists of books and members, as well as the rules 

 and transactions of the present year ; several original papers by 

 members of the Club will also appear. The Council hope to be 

 able shortly to make a definite statement as to the jjublication of 

 the Fauna, which has long received the attention of the Club, 

 and to the production of which a distinct pledge has been given. 



The following gentlemen have promised their valuable assist- 

 ance in the preparation of this work, viz.: — Messrs. W. E. Clarke, 

 M.B.O.U., F.L.S., J. Grassham, B. Holgate, F.G.S., W. Nelson, 

 W. D. Roebuck, F.L.S., J. W. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, B.A., and 

 W. Barwell Turner, F.R.M.S. In addition to the Fauna, the 

 Council has, during the year, initiated a Flora for West Yorkshire. 

 Considerable progress has already been made with the work, and 

 the help of a number of Natural History Societies Avithin the 

 area has been obtained, together with the assistance of Messrs. 

 J. Abbott, F. W. Branson, F.C.S., G. Hainsworth, W. Kirkby, 

 G. Paul, F.G.S., J. Stubbins, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., W. Barwell 

 Turner, F.C.S., F.R.M.S., and W. West. 



At the beginning of the year the Council arranged that the 

 first meeting in each month should be of a special character, and 

 should be devoted to the exhibition of a variety of specimens by 

 the members, a special syllabus being issued ; that the third 

 meeting in the month should be devoted to sectional work for a 

 portion of the evening ; and that the intermediate meetings 

 should be of an informal conversational character. The Council, 

 however, subsequently modified the scheme, by arranging for a 

 series of short papers on various subjects, on the evenings set 

 apart for intermediate meetings. These papers have proved 

 eminently successful, and the reports of them, which have 

 appeared in the Leeds Mercury Weekly Bwp'plement, have 

 contributed not a little towards attracting new members and 

 keeping the existence of the Club prominently before the public. 



