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A YEAR’S SCIENTIFIC WORK IN YORKSHIRE: 
BEING 
Bie YORKSn ke NATURALISTS UNTON’S 
BIE Yet HikD ANNUAL. REPORT; 
For 1914. 
(Presented at Leeds, 5th December, 1974). 
THE Firty-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING was held at York on 
Saturday, December 13th, I913. 
The Presidential Address was delivered by Mr. Harold Wager, 
F.R.S., F.L.S., Leeds, on ‘‘ The Movements of Micro-Organisms 
in response to External Forces.’’ In a masterly manner, Mr. 
Wager described his investigations of one of the flagellate infusoria, 
Euglena viridis. Additional interest was added by an excellent 
series of lantern slides. This address was published in The 
Naturalist pp. 171-178 and 207-214. 
The best thanks of the Union are due to the Yorkshire Philo- 
sophical Society for the hospitality extended to the Union, and 
for placing at their disposal the magnificent Lecture Theatre. 
attached to the Museum, in which the meetings were held. 
Six FIELD MEETINGS had been arranged, but five only were 
carried through, the one to Doncaster fixed for the 1gth September 
being abandoned ; Doncaster being one of the centres for military 
purposes, and suitable accommodation could not be obtained. 
Excellent reports of the Excursions have appeared in the pages 
of The Naturalist, accompanied by illustrations. The Excursions 
were as follows : 
Yorks., Mid. W.—Knaresborough (Easter Week-end), 
11th to 13th April. 
S.E.—Filey (Whit. Week-end), May 3oth to 
(Une TESE: 
53 N.W.—Askrigg, Saturday to Monday, 27th to 
29th June. ; 
t N.E.—Sleights (for Eskdale), (August Bank 
Holiday Week-end), 1st to 3rd August. 
N.E.—Mycological Meeting. Sandsend for Mul- 
grave Woods, 3rd to 8th October. 
In addition, the Marine Biology Committee held its Annual 
Meeting at Whitby from 18th to 22nd September, and successful 
gatherings have also been held by other sections during the 
autumn and winter months. 
The usual Excursion Programmes, full of useful information 
on the districts visited, have been printed and distributed prior 
to the Field Meetings. 
1915 Jan. 1. 
