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 A YEAR'S SCIENTIFIC WORK: 



BEING 



THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION'S 

 FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 



For 1917. 



(Presented at Wakefield, 8th December, 1917. 

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The Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting was held at Selby, on 

 the 2nd December, 1916. 



The Naturalist for January, 1917, contained a report of 

 this successful meeting, and the Presidential Address of Mr. 

 W. N. Cheesman, J. P., F.L.S., on ' Economic Mycology : the 

 beneficial and injurious influences of Fungi,' appeared in that 

 journal for June. 



Field Meetings.— In accordance with the national call 

 for economy, and having regard to the curtailment of travelling 

 facilities and increase of railway fares, the Executive Committee 

 of the Union decided that the Excursion programme arranged 

 for 1917 should stand postponed until 1918. 



The usual sectional meetings have, however, been held in 

 the autumn. 



The Excursions for 1918 will be as follows : — ■ 



Barnard Castle (Whit Week-end), May i8th to 20th. 



Market Weighton, Saturday, June 15th. 



Crossbills, Saturday, July 13th. 



Settle (August Bank Holiday Week-end), August 3rd 



to 5th. 

 Mycological Meeting at Selby. 



Membership. — The membership of the Union at the close of 

 1916, exclusive of Affiliated Societies, was 337, and by reason 

 of resignations and deaths has been further reduced to 330. 



The following new members have been added during the 

 year, viz. : — ■ 



Col. Edward A. Brotherton, J. P., The Hall, Roundhay, 

 Leeds. 



Mr. Colin Clegg, A.M.Inst., C.E., F.G.S., More Hall, Bolster- 

 stone, near Sheffield. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, O.M., K.C.B., LL.D., Shepherd's 

 Down, Haslemere, Surrey. 



Rev. Reginald H. Harvey, The Rectory, Barwick-in-Elmet, 

 Leeds. 



Mr. Edward J. T. Ingle, 18 Strattan Street, Leeds. 



Mrs. Charles Ratchffe, Eagle Hall, Pateley Bridge. 



1918 Jan. 1. 



