17 

 A YEAR'S SCIENTIFIC WORK IN YORKSHIRE: 



BEING 



THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION'S 



FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1911. 



Presented at Heckniond'wike, Dec. i6th, igii. 



The Forty-ninth Annual Meeting was held at Middlesbrough 

 on December 17th, 1910, under the Presidency of Prof. A. C. 

 Seward, F.R.S. A report of this successful meeting appeared in 

 " The Naturalist " for January, and our journal also has con- 

 tained Prof. Seward's Presidential Address on " The Jurassic 

 Flora of Yorkshire." 



Seven Field Meetings have also been held, viz., to Harewood 

 (Yorks., Mid. W.) on May 13th ; Castleton (Yorks., N.E.), Whit 

 week-end, June 3rd-5th ; Barton-on-Humber (N. Lines.) with 

 the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, July ist ; Ingleton (Yorks., 

 N.W), August Bank Holiday week-end, August 5th-7th ; Hudders- 

 field, for Harden Moss (Yorks., S.W.) September 9th ; the Fungus 

 Foray was held at Mulgrave Woods, September 23rd-28th ; and 

 the Marine Biology Committee met at Scarborough, September 

 22nd-26th. Detailed reports of all these excursions appeared 

 in " The Naturalist " immediately after they were held. 



The Annual Meeting for 1912 will be held at Hull, on Dec. 

 14th, on the invitation of the Hull Scientific Club and Hull Geo- 

 logical Society. 



Excursions for 1912.— 



Yorks., S.E. — Riccall Common, May 4th. 



N.E. — Filey and Bridlington, Whit week-end. 

 „ Mid. W.— Tanfield for Hack Fall, June 15th. 



S.W.^ — Askern for Shirley Pool, July nth (Thursday). 

 N.W. — Low Gill, August Bank Holiday. 



Fungus Foray, Sandsend for Mulgrave, September 2ist-26th. 



The Affiliated Societies.— There are now forty affiliated 

 societies. The South West Yorkshire Entomological Society and 

 the Brighouse Naturalists' Society joined during the year, and the 

 Barnoldswick and Earby Scientific Society and the Doncaster 

 Grammar School Society have ceased to exist. 



The Statistics furnished by the affiliated societies shew that 

 their total membership is now 3301 (an average of ^^ per society). 

 This, added to the membership of the Union, makes our total 

 numerical strength 3741. 



The membership of the Union (without counting the affiliated 

 societies, each of which is virtually a member), is now 440. The 

 following new members and societies have joined during the, 

 year* : — 



* This includes the Members elected at Heckmondwike. 

 igi2 Jan. i. 



