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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT KEIGHLEY. 
THE welcome rainfall damped not the enthusiasm of the 
members of the Union who assembled from every quarter of 
the county in good numbers at Keighley on Saturday, Decem- 
ber 6th, 1915, to attend the fifty-fourth annual meeting of 
the Union. 
Under the guidance of Mr. Jonas Bradley and Mr. John 
Holmes, a party of early arrivals spent an interesting time in 
the Bronté country. Training to Oxenhope they visited the 
West-end quarries, noting en route one of the oldest Grammar 
Schools in the neighbourhood, founded in 1638. Proceeding 
to Sladen Valley they were there conducted over the new 
reservoir in course of construction for the Keighley Corporation, 
by the Waterworks Engineer, Mr. M. Ratcliffe Barnett, who 
explained in detail the works in course of construction, and 
also exhibited erratic boulders, etc., found during the exca- 
vations. The return was made from Haworth. 
At the meeting of the General Committee held in the 
Lecture Hall at the Museum, twenty-five of the affiliated 
societies were represented. The President occupied the chair. 
The annual report, a full text of which appears in this issue of 
The Naturalist, was presented by the Secretaries, and unani- 
mously adopted. The excursions for I9g16 were arranged, 
and the invitation of the Selby Scientific Society that the annual 
meeting of the Union for 1916 should be held at Selby, was 
accepted. The financial position was fully explained by the 
Hon. Treasurer (Mr. Edwin Hawkesworth), and hearty appre- 
ciation was voiced that there was a substantial surplus of 
income over expenditure on the year’s working. The announce- 
ment that Mr. W. .N. Cheesman; |.P., E.LS5 of selby, tied 
accepted the office of President for the ensuing year, was 
cordially received. Mr. Cheesman suitably acknowledged his 
appointment. No change was made in the other officials of 
the Union. The Divisional Secretaries and Local Treasurers 
were re-elected, except that Mr. J. W. Sutcliffe takes the place 
of Mr. Charles Crossland as local treasurer for Halifax. Thanks 
were accorded to all officials for their services. The meeting 
heard with deep regret of the death of Mr. H. Eeles Dresser, 
a past President of the Union, and a vote of condolence to his 
widow was passed. 
After the preliminaries at the evening meeting, when four 
new members were elected, the retiring “President, Mr. Riley 
Fortune, F.Z.S., delivered his address from the chair. There - 
was a large attendance, every seat in the room being occupied, 
and many visitors had to stand. Upon the platform were 
His Worship the Mayor of Keighley, Councillor W. A. Brigg, 
M.A., J.P., Alderman J. Smith, J.P. (Chairman of the Parks 
Naturalist, 
