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Lectures.- — Since the last Annual Meeting three Syllabuses 

 have been issued — one for the Winter Session, October 12th, 

 1904, to March 1st, 1905; and two Summer Syllabuses, from 

 March 4th to June 24th, 1905, and July 1st to September 

 30th, 1905, respectively. During the past year the following 

 lectures have been given : — 



1904. 

 Oct. 12 — "The Field Naturalist." — Mr. E. Lamplough. 

 Oct. 26 — " Exhibition of Swiss Photographs." (Lantern.) 

 Nov. 9 — " The Dynamics of Yachting'." — Mr. H. Wallis, L.D.S. 

 Nov. 23 — " Flies with Aquatic Larvae." — Mr. H. M. Foster. 

 Dec. 7 — " Ornithological Superstitions." — Mr. Kenneth MacLean. 



1905. 

 Jan. 4 — " The Ground-work of Chemical Science." — Mr. G. B. Walsh, 



B.Sc. 

 Jan. 18 — " A Study of Dialect Fighting Words." — Mr. J. Nicholson. 

 Feb. 1—" Microscopy in the 18th Century."— Mr. R. H. Philip. 

 Feb. 15 — " Darwin." — Mr. J. F. Robinson. 



Mar. 1 — " Insects as Food and Medicine." — Mr. E. G. Bayford. 

 Mar. 15 — " A Comparative View of Some Vertebrata." — Mr. S. Redfearn, 



B.Sc. 

 Mar. 29—" Life in Other Worlds."— Mr. R. H. Philip. 

 April 12 — " A Trip in East Friesland." — Mr. J. R. Boyle, F.S.A. 

 April 26—" Field Names."— Mr. W. Wood. 

 May 10—" The Tissues of Plants."— Mr. C. Waterfall. 

 May 24 — " Plant Sensibility." — Mr. J. F. Robinson. 



June 7 — " How East Yorkshire was Made." — Mr. T. Sheppard, F.G.S. 

 June 21 — " Disease and Immunity." — Mr. A. R. Warnes, M.S. C.I. 

 July 5— "Colour."— Mr. G. B. Walsh, B.Sc. 

 July 19 — " Plant Lore and Legend." — Mr. H. E. Johnson. 

 Aug. 2 — " Pollination in Various Plants." — Mr. H. Knight. 

 Aug. 16 — " Disease and Immunity," Part 2. — Mr. A. R. Warnes. 

 Aug. 30 — Reports of Excursions and Exhibition of Specimens. 

 Sep. 13 — Conversational Evening. 



Most of the lectures were illustrated by the lantern, 

 specimens, or experiments. 



On the alternate Wednesday nights during the Winter 

 months a series of lecturettes on various branches of 

 natural history was arranged, the subjects dealt with being 

 as follow: — "The Daisy," "Fossils," "Insect Preserva- 

 tion," "Local Mollusca," "The Mushroom," "Evidences 

 of Evolution," " Fresh-water Algae," and " Bats." To each 

 of these microscopes and specimens were brought. 



The in-door meetings have been held without exception 

 in the Society's rooms at the Young People's Institute, 

 Charlotte Street. The average attendance at these has been 

 twenty-six. 



Mr. Sheppard's paper on " How East Yorkshire was 

 Made" appeared in the "Naturalist" for April and May, 



