76 =Yorkshwve Naturalists’ Union: Annual Report, 1910. 
to and criticisms of papers of interest to northern naturalists. 
A further instalment of the “‘ Prominent Yorkshire Workers ”’ 
series, which was started some years ago, has been contributed ; 
this year the subject of the memoir being our past-president, Mr. 
‘Charles Crossland. 
In the 89 pages devoted to geological subjects, we find the 
names of Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., Mr. G. C. Crich, of the 
British Museum; Prof. Kendall, Dr. Wheelton Hind, and Messrs. 
‘Cosmo Johns, Stather, Burton, Culpin, Sheppard, and others. 
The botanical notes, containing 78 pages, include papers by Drs. 
Woodhead, Smith, Rankin, Parsons, Keegan, and Messrs. J. F. 
Robinson, Crossland, Elgee, Cheetham, Cryer, Druce, F. A. Lees, 
Ingham, and others. 
The arachnologists come next, and the fact that they occupy 
no fewer than 58 pages, is some indication of the growing interest 
in this usually neglected order, thanks to the work of Mr. W. 
Falconer and his followers. 
The ornithologists fill nearly 44 pages, with notes from Messrs. 
Wade, St. Quintin, Fortune, H. E. Forrest, Booth, Butterfield, and 
others. 
Messrs. G. T. Porritt, Parkin, Thompson, Winter, Silverlock, 
Morley and other entomologists occupy 35 pages; there are 22 pages 
devoted to general Zoology, by Messrs. Irving, Clarke, Friend, 
Stainforth, Woods, and others; there are 18 pages of general 
articles, by Messrs. Lamplugh, Auden, and Armstrong ; Io pages on 
Pre-historic Archeology, principally by Mr. Sheppard; 6 on 
Micro-botany, by Mr. Philip and others; 1r on Mammals, by 
Messrs. Fortune, Booth, Shuffrey, Whitaker, Cocks, etc.; anda 
similar number on Conchology, by Messrs. Roebuck, Sanderson, 
and others. 
Hand-Coloured Geological Maps.—The following resolution, 
passed unanimously at a meeting of the Executive of the Union 
held at Leeds in November, was confirmed by the General 
Committee held at Middlesbrough :—‘‘ That the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union earnestly deplores the decision of the Director 
of H.M. Stationery Office to raise the price of the hand-coloured 
edition of the maps of the Geological Department to a figure that 
is practically prohibitive of their purchase, except by persons or 
institutions upon whom their acquisition is imperative. The 
Union believes that this action is most detrimental to the interest 
of every branch of science concerned with the investigation of the 
geological structure of the country, and of such subjects as Agri- 
culture and Ecological Botany ; and that in thus withholding from 
the public cheap and easy access to the results of the Geological 
Survey, the objects of the Survey are, in a large measure, de- 
feated, and the cost of this Department of the public service 
deprived of much of its justification.” 
Naturalist, 
