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W. Ingham, York; E. Hawkesworth, Leeds ; Godfrey 

 Bingiey, Leeds ; A. Whitaker, Barnsley ; T.W. Wood- 

 head, Ph.D., Huddersfield ; S. Margerison, Leeds ; 

 W. H. Parkin, Bradford; and W. Wilson, Skipton. 



Micro-Zoology and Micro-Botany Committee.— Mr. Moore 

 regrets that partly in consequence of illness, he has not been able 

 to devote much attention to pond life this ^^ear. 



Among the new work done by this section, the first place must 

 be given to Messrs. Wm. West and G. S. West's researches on the 

 Phytoplankton of the Lake District, of which extensive accounts 

 have appeared in " The Naturalist." In the March number also 

 there appears a very interesting paper by Mr. J. M. Brown on the 

 Freshwater Rhizopods of the Sheffield District. Of the excur- 

 sions of the year, three at least (Market Weighton, Sedbergh and 

 Castle Howard) have been attended by members of the section, 

 but unfortunately, the work to be done has suffered from the 

 paucity of workers. At Sedbergh, Mr. R. H. Philip read a paper 

 on " the Diatoms of the Sedbergh district and their relation to 

 some new theories of the Evolution of the Diatomaceae," which 

 will appear in " The Naturalist." In local work there has been an 

 addition of a few new species to the " Diatoms of the Hull Dis- 

 trict," full particulars of which appear in " The Transactions of 

 the Hull Field Naturalists' Club," 1909, (p. 70), just issued. 

 The Committee for 1910 is as follows : — 

 Chairman — M. H. Stiles, 2 Frenchgate, Doncaster. 

 Convener— R. H. Philip, Hull. 



Representative on Executive — H. Moore, Rotherham. 

 Representative on Committee of Suggestions — W. West, Brad- 

 ford. 

 Other Members — J. N. Coombe, Sheffield, Prof. A. Denny, 

 Sheffield, F. W. Mihs, Huddersfield ; G. Howard, 

 Rotherham; and T. Howard, Bradford. 



Soppitt Memorial Library. — Dr. T. W. Woodhead writes : — 

 During the year Mr. C. Crossland, F.L.S., has presented to this 

 library a collection of twenty-eight valuable papers, bearing on 

 the Fungus Flora of Yorkshire. These include accounts of 

 the Fungus Forays at Selby (1896), Barnsley (1897), Harewood 

 (1898), Mulgrave (1900 and 1908), Cadeby (1901), Arncliffe 

 {1902), Masham (1902), Helmsley (1903), Rokeby (1904), Maltby 

 (1905), FarnleyTyas (1906) and Grassington (1907), also accounts 

 of new Yorkshire and British Fungi from 1892 to 1908, by Messrs. 

 Crossland, Massee and Soppitt. 



British Association. — In consequence of the general meetings 

 of the British Association being held in Canada this year, the 

 Conference of Delegates from the corresponding Societies was held 

 in London on October 25th and 25th. 



"The Naturalist." — Our journal has been regularly issued 

 on the first of each month, and besides containing records of 



Naturalist, 



