34 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union : Annual Report, 1916. 



The Excursions for 1917 will be as follows : — 



Newby Wiske Carrs, Saturday, April 28th. 

 Thorntondale or Pickering (Whit week-end), May 26th 



to 28th. 

 Market Weighton, Saturday, June 16th. 

 Crosshills, Saturday, July 14th. 

 Grassington (August Bank Holiday week-end), August 



4th to 6th. 

 Mycological Meeting, Helmsley, in September. 



The Annual Meeting for 1917 will be held at Wakefield, 

 by the kind invitation of the Wakefield Naturalists' Society. 



Obituary. — It is with regret that we record the death of 

 the following members during the year, viz. : — Mr. W. Barra- 

 clough, H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., F.L.S., (an ex-President of the 

 Union) ; Sir Ralph Frankland Payne-Gallway, Bart., Thirkleby 

 Park, near Thirsk (an ex-President of the Union) ; J. A. 

 Harvie-Brown, F.R.S,E., J. R. Stubley and Mr. B. Turner. 

 ' In Memoriam ' notices of these gentlemen have appeared in 

 The Naturalist. 



Divisional Secretaries and Local Tre ,rers. — The 

 thanks of the Union are tendered to these gentlemen for the 

 valuable services rendered during the year. 



General Committee. — The following have been added to 

 the permanent General Committee : — ■ 



Active Service Members. — Further members of the 

 Union who have joined the Forces during the year are : — 

 Mr. Charles N. Barr, Mr. S. H. Couldwall, Mr. W. A. Millard, 

 B.Sc, Mr. George Sheppard, B.Sc, Mr. A. R. Sanderson, Mr. 

 S. H. Smith, Mr. T. Stainforth, B.Sc, B.A., Mr. E. W. Taylor, 

 and Mr. F. W. Whittaker. 



BIOLOGY SECTION. 



Marine Biology Committee. — Dr. J. Irving writes : — 

 Notwithstanding a serious attempt to organize a meeting of 

 this Committee at Scarborough, in September, owing to war 

 and other contingencies arising out of it, the attempt proved 

 a failure. During the year some work on the coast has been 

 done by one or two of the members, but the result has not 

 materially added to the records of previous years. 



Yorkshire Micro-Biology Committee. — Mr. J. W. H. 

 Johnson, M.Sc, writes : — During the past season the work 

 of this Section has been very seriously impeded. However, 

 notwithstanding the difficulties incidental to the war and the 



Naturalist, 



