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THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION'S 

 FIFTY -NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 

 FOR 1920, 

 (Presented at Bradford, 4th December, 1920). 



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The Fifty -Eighth Annual Meeting was held at Doncaster on 

 Saturday, December, 6th, igig. A full report of this meeting appeared 

 in The Naturalist for January, 1920. The Presidential address of 

 Dr. W. G. Smith, B.Sc., entitled ' The Naturalist and the Gardener,' 

 then delivered, appeared in the same journal for IMarch, April, and May, 

 1920 (pp. 89-95, 129-132, 155-157)- 



The -Field Meetings for the year have been six in number, viz. : — 

 at Skipton (Easter week-end), Reeth (Whit week-end), Martin Beck 

 Wood, near Doncaster, Kirkliam Abbey, near York, Beverley (August 

 Bank Holiday week-end), and Helmsley (Myco logical meeting). In 

 addition, the Marine Biology Committee held its Annual Meeting at 

 Scarborough, in September ; the Botanical Section met at Meltham, 

 near Huddersfield on May 15th, and the Dipterists at Old Farnley, 

 near Leeds, on August 21st. It is pleasing to record a considerable 

 increase in the attendance at these meetings. The usual descriptive 

 programmes were issued, and full reports of the meetings have appeared 

 in The Naturalist (pp. 224, 324, 363 and 365). The Union has been 

 considerably assisted in its work by the kindness of the landowners 

 of the county granting permission to the members to visit their estates. 



The Excursions for 1921 will be as follows : — 



Yorks., S.E. South Cave (Easter week-end), March 26th to 2Sth. 

 N.W. Dent (Whit week-end). May 14th to i6th. j^ 

 ,, N.E. Redcar, Saturday, June nth to 13th. ^^ 



,, S.W. Wentworth, Thursday, July 7th. !'^ 



Mid. W. York (Bank Holiday week-end), July 30th to August 

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 Mycological Meeting at Castle Howard, in September. 



Membership. — The efforts of the Executive towards increasing the 

 membership have been satisfactory, but to a great extent this has been 

 counteracted by the deaths and resignations. The membership now 

 stands at 383, the following fifty new members having been elected 

 during the year, viz. : — 



Abbott, A., 2 Langdale Terrace, Headingley Lane, Leeds. 



Ash worth, John H., The Bungalow, 151 St. Andrew's Road South, 



St. Annes-on-Sea. 

 Behrens, Harold J., Moorside, Ilkley. 

 Behrens, Mrs. G. J., Moorside, Ilkley. 

 Bennett, Chas. George, Jesmond House, Pateley Bridge. 

 Bisat, Wm. S., i Selwyn Avenue, North Ferriby, Hull. 

 Bladon, Frank M., The Hornbeams, Sutton-on-HuU. 

 Brown, James M., B.Sc, F.L.S., F.C.S., 176 Carter Knowle Road,. 



Sheffield. 

 Browning, Miss D. M., B.Sc, 39 Grasmere Mount, Armley, Leeds. 

 Bulman, Miss F. M., 15 Emerald Street, Saltburn-by-Sea. 

 Chislett, Ralph, Larkspur, Broom Crescent, Rotherham. 

 Elgee, F., F.G.S., Shirley, Rookwood Road, Nunthorpe, R.S.O. 

 Ferguson, J. B. P., i Norwood Terrace, Headingley, Leeds. 

 Ferrale, Edward L., Bank House, Penistone. 



1921 Jan. 1 



