TO SUBSCRIBERS. 



The ciiiTeut subscdptioii expires Avitli the jireseiit number, and the 

 Editors hope that the subscribers will continue their support. The 

 subscrijDtions for the next four number are now due, and should 

 be forwarded by Post Office ordei*, payable to J. W. Taylor, 

 at the General Post office, Leeds. 



COMMUNICATIONS 



Have been received for the next number of the Journal from various 

 contributors, including an annotated list of Shells from Ceylon, by 

 Mr A. W. Langdon. Further contributions are desired, shoi-t notes 

 being often useful and interestinsf. 



THE 



AND 



SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 



OBJECTS: 



In the first place, the minute investigation of the Natural History (in all 

 its branches) of the immediate neighbourhood of Leeds, and a more general 

 investigation of the whole of the West- Riding; the collection of information, 

 whether at present on record or as yet luiwritten ; the completion of the work 

 by original research, and eventually the preparation of a comprehensive account 

 of the Natural History of the District, 



Secondly, the endeavour of the Society is to cultivate a taste for Scientific 

 Knowledge amongst the inhabitants of Leeds ; to combine and strengthen indi- 

 vidual effort, and afford facilities for the reading and discussion of Papers on 

 Scientific subjects. 



It is also intended to provide, by means of Field Excursions, a source of 

 instructive and healthful recreation for the Members. 



The Meetings are held eveky Tuesday Evening, at the Mechanics' 

 Institution, at Eight o'clock precisely, and are open to the pubhc free of charge. 

 The Field Excursions usually take place on the Saturday immediately preceding 

 a Conversational Meeting. 



Terms op Membership. 



Ordiniiry Members : I/- per Quarter. Honorary Membera : not less than 10/6 per Annum, 



To ensure prompt attenilon, all communications should be addressed to one of the 



Secretaries, at his residence. 



WM. DBNISON KOEBTJCK, ) 



9, Sunny Bank Terrace. > Secretaries. 

 JAMES BRODIE. J 



