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of our past president, Mr. J. Fraser Robinson, his col- 

 lection of local plants, as enumerated in the "Flora of the 

 East Riding." 



To our colleagues, the members of the Hull Geological 

 Society, the museum is also considerably indebted. Through 

 the efforts of that society it obtained some little time ago a 

 very fine collection of geological specimens from Leicester- 

 shire which are of value in our general series. Through Mr. 

 J. W. Stather we had presented to us by Mr. C. G. Danford, 

 of Reighton, a unique series of belemnites (including some 

 hitherto undescribed specimens) and a general collection from 

 the Neocomian Clay, as well as a nearly complete skeleton of 

 Ichthyosaurus thyreospondylus, a new record for Yorkshire 

 from the Kimeridge clay of Speeton. Mr. Stather used his 

 influence in assisting the museum to secure the Lether 

 collection of Oolitic gasteropods, &c, which we are able to 

 show for the first time to-night. With this collection our 

 local geological series is nearing completion, and Mr. Stather 

 has kindly promised to further assist us by filling in the 

 gaps. In addition to the preceding we have received 

 assistance from the members of the Hull Geological Society 

 generally. Largely through its secretary the British Asso- 

 ciation is undertaking excavations in different parts of the 

 district ; and from a deposit near Kirmington an excellent 

 series of fossil plant seeds was obtained, and after being 

 identified by Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., was handed over to 

 our collection. The same committee has more recently 

 undertaken some excavations from which some valuable 

 mammalian specimens have been obtained. These are at 

 the present moment within the walls of this building, and it 

 is possible, at any rate, that they may remain here. 



Another local society of some importance, namely, the 

 East Riding Antiquarian Society, has undertaken some 

 excavations in the district. When this society was founded 

 some years ago one of its objects was to form a permanent 

 East Riding Museum for the reception of its collection, and 

 for East Yorkshire antiquities generally. Since the formation 

 of the society, however, the Hull Municipal Museum has 

 come into existence, and from the fact that it is now a 

 permanent institution, and has also made a strong feature of 

 local antiquities, the East Riding Antiquarian Society passed 

 a resolution two years ago adopting the Hull Museum as a 

 home for its collections, and in this way we have the further 

 co-operation of an influential society. It was through the 

 influence of this society, and particularly its member, the 



