YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION — ANNUAL MEETING. I 75 



The Secretary read a letter signed by Mr. J. W. Davis, F.S. A., F.Ci.S., 

 on behalf of the Scientific Societies of Halifax and district, cordially 

 inviting the Union to hold its next Annual Meeting at Halifax. The 

 invitation was unanimously accepted, on the proposition of Mr. Jas. 

 Spencer and Dr. F. F. Walton. 



The election of officers next took place, when the Rev. W. 

 Fowler, M.A., announced that the Lord }3ishop of A\'akefield had 

 accepted the Presidency for 1890. 



Both the Hon. Secretaries (Mr. Wm. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 

 Leeds, and the Rev. E. Ponsonby Knubley, M.A., M.B.O.U., 

 Staveley), and the Assistant Hon. Secretaries (Messrs. P. H. 

 Grimshaw and Edgar R. Waite, both of Leeds), were unanimously 

 re-elected, on the motion of the Revs. W. Fowler, M.A., and 

 E. Maule Cole, M.A. The Hon. Librarian, Mr. Charles Brownridge, 

 F.G.S., was re-elected, as were also the ten retiring members of the 

 Executive, Rev. W. Fowler, ]\Lx\., Liversedge ; Messrs. S. A. 

 Adamson, F.G.S., Leeds; J. W. Davis, F.S. A., F.G.S., Halifax; 

 Wm. Cash, F.L.S., Halifax ; C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., Dewsbury ; 

 John Emmet, F.L.S., Boston Spa ; Benj. Holgate, F.G.S., Leeds ; 

 H. T. Soppitt, Bradford ; J. J. Stead, Heckmondwike ; and 

 M. B. Slater, F.L.S., Malton. Messrs. J. E. Bedford, F.G.S., and 

 C. D. Hardcastle, both of Leeds, were re-elected Hon. Auditors. 



The following Hon. Local Treasurers were also re-elected — 

 Messrs. W. E. Brady, Barnsley ; J. D. Butterell, Beverley ; 

 H. Speight, Bradford ; P. F. Lee, Dewsbury ; Geo. Winter, 

 Doncaster ; Thos. Bunker, Goole ; Wm. Cash, F.L.S., Halifax; 

 Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Leeds; M. B. Slater, F.L.S., Malton; 

 T. F. Ward, Middlesbrough; T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar; 

 Rev. R. A. Summerfield, B.A., Ripon; Messrs. J. H. Rowntree, 

 Scarborough ; W. N. Cheesman, Selby ; A. T. Watson, Sheffield ; 

 J. J. Stead, Spen Valley ; Geo. Parkin, Wakefield ; Thos. Newbitt, 

 Whitby ; and G. C. Dennis, York, together with the following new 

 Treasurers — Messrs. L. B. Ross, F.C.S., Driffield; Riley Fortune, 

 "F.Z.S., Harrogate ; John Stears, Hull ; R. Barnes, Saltburn ; 

 H. Richardson, B.A., Sedbergh ; and Wm. Fletcher, Pickering. 



The Committees of Research were then appointed. 



The Yorkshire Boulder Committee was re-appointed, to consist 

 of Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S., Leeds (chairman) ; Messrs. 

 C. D. Hardcastle, Leeds (vice-chairman) ; S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 

 Leeds (hon. secretary) ; J. E. Bedford, F.G.S.,C. Brownridge, F.G.S., 

 Leeds; S. Chadwick, F.G.S., Malton; Rev. E. Maule Cole, ^LA., 

 Wetwang ; J. W. Davis, F.G.S., F.S.A., Halifax; Prof A. H. (;reen, 

 M.A.. F .R.S., Oxford ; Wm. Gregson, Baldersby ; B. Holgate, F.G.S., 



June i8qo. 



