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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



ANNUAL MEETING AT HULL. 



The 28th Annual Meeting was held in the Royal Institution, Hull, 

 on Wednesday, the 20th November, 18S9, ^^^'-^ the thanks of the 

 "Union are due to the Hull Societies, and to the various local gentle- 

 men who had made the arrangements for the day's proceedings. 



The attendance was not quite so large as usual, Hull being so far 

 distant from the mass of the population of the county, but a con- 

 siderable number of local members were present, and some had 

 journeyed long distances, these being principally representatives of 

 the various local societies. 



The Sections met at 4.0 o'clock for the consideration of their 

 reports and the election of their officers, and were followed at 4.30 by 

 the meeting of the General Committee, at which eleven Societies 

 were officially represented by delegates, and six others unofficially 

 by permanent members of the General Committee. In addition 

 to these gentlemen, the attendance included two ex- Presidents 

 (Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., and Rev. W. Fowler, M.A.), the two 

 Hon. Secretaries (Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., and Rev. E. P. 

 Knubley, M.A.), and one Hon. Assistant Secretary (Mr. Edgar R. 

 Waite), two members of the Executive, three Presidents and four 

 Secretaries of Sections, two of the Hon. Local Treasurers, and two 

 other permanent members of the General Committee, making a total 

 attendance of thirty-five members of Committee. 



The chair was taken by Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., and the 

 minutes of the previous meeting taken as read. The 28th Annual 

 Report, which appears on -page 139 of 'The Naturalist' for May, 

 was read by the Rev. E. P. Knubley, M.A., one of the Secretaries, 

 and unanimously adopted, on the motion of Mr. J. J. Stead, 

 seconded by Mr. J. M. Kirk. 



The Excursion-programme for 1890, which had been drawn up 

 by the Executive, was adopted as follows, on the motion of the 

 Rev. E. M. Cole, M.A., F.G.S., and Mr. S. A. Adamson, F.G.S. 



Whit-Monday, 26th May — Driffield for Lowthorpe. 



Saturday, 14th June — Dewsbury for Bretton Park. 



Tuesday, 8th July — Kildale-in-Cleveland. 



Saturday, 2nd August, to Bank Holiday Monday, 4th August — Upper 



Svvaledale (Gunnerside, Kisdon, and Keldi. 

 Thursday, lith .September — Malham and Gordale (in connection with the 



meeting of the British Association). 



Naturalist, 



