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FOR 1921 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



SUBSCRIPTION TO THE Y.N.U. 



In order to meet the greatly increased cost of paper, printing, 

 etc., principally in connexion with its official organ. The 

 Naturalist, it was unanimously resolved at the Annual Meeting 

 of the General Committee held at Bradford on December 

 4th, that the subscription for membership of the Union should 

 be increased from 12/6 to 15/- per annum, and that the quali- 

 fication for Life Membership should be a donation of not less 

 than eleven guineas ; these increased rates of subscription to 

 commence as from ist January, 1921. 



MR. H. H. CORBETT. 



The Zoological Section of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union nominated one of its number, Mr. H. H. Corbett, of 

 Doncaster, as President of the Union for 1921, and this nomina- 

 tion was unanimously confirmed at the Annual Meeting held 

 at Bradford on December 4th. On this occasion the Union 

 honours one of its hard-working members, who has associated 

 himself with Yorkshire natural history for a considerable 

 number of years. The Doncaster Scientific Society owes its 

 present successful condition largely to the energy of Mr. 

 Corbett , who for a considerable period has helped in the capacity 

 of President, Secretary, or in other ways. It is largely due 

 to his efforts that the Doncaster Corporation, having purchased 

 the Beechiield Estate, devoted the house to the purpose of a 

 Museum and Art Gallery some years ago. For some years he 

 acted in the capacity of Hon. Curator, and ever since its 

 foundation he has taken a keen interest in the Museum and its 

 work. Mr. Corbett is perhaps specially interested in En- 

 tomology, although he is a keen student in Ornithology and 

 Botany, in fact he may be taken as a typical ' all-round 

 Yorkshire Field Naturalist. He has served on many of the 

 Committees of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and is a 

 frequent contributor to this journal. 



UNVEILING A MEMORIAL. 



The annual monument to a certain man's marvellous 

 memor}^ {i.e. the volume of Proceedings of the Prehistoric 

 Society of East Anglia) has recently appeared, in which we 

 learn with irritating frequency of ' the author's researches.' 



1921 Jan. 1 



