8 Yorkshire Naturalists at Hull. 
of weaker forms of life. As Mr. Taylor is such an expert 
authority upon the Mollusca, it was only natural that he should 
devote the greater portion of his address to the operation of 
these processes among the mollusca, and instancing Belogona 
stphonadenia, he showed how it was able to make home any- 
where, and drive out the native races. The series of coloured 
maps of the world, showing dominancy and sub-dominancy of 
various forms of life, thrown upon the screen by the lantern, 
emphasised to a greater degree the many salient points of Mr. 
Taylor’s address. A cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Taylor for 
his address, and for the great interest he has taken in the work 
of the Union throughout the year, was unanimously recorded. 
At the close of the Meeting a conversazione, under the 
auspices of the two inviting Societies was held in the Museum, 
and the guests were received by His Worship the Mayor of 
Hull, Alderman J. Brown, and Mrs. Brown; and the Sheriff 
of Hull and Lady Sheriff, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Johnson. In 
addition to the various well arranged and excellent archzo- 
logical, botanical, and other natural history exhibits within 
the Museum of Natural History, Applied Art, and Antiquities, 
the Members of the Hull Societies made special exhibits, as 
follows :—Mr. H. M. Foster, living Bacteria ; Mr. J. Thompson, 
specimens of Polyzoa; Messrs. F. Turner and A. Werner, 
living Diatoms and other forms of plant life; Messrs. J. F. 
Robinson, E. Lamplough, and B. Cook, slides of living and 
mounted specimens ; Mr. T. Sheppard, sections of rocks from 
the Boulder Clay; Mr. J. W. Boult, a number of typical East 
Riding Plants; Mr. J. F. Robinson, a collection of Seaweeds ; 
Mr. A. J. Stather, the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union’s Album 
of Geological Photographs; Mr. J. W. Stather, samples of 
“Moorlog,’ an interesting peat-like deposit from the Dogger 
Bank in the bed of the North Sea, together with a collection of 
seeds, shells, etc., obtained from it. Amongst the special 
Museum exhibits were Prehistoric objects from the © Duggleby 
Howe’ Tumulus sent by Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., and early 
Microscopes dating back to 1725. 
Refreshments were kindly provided by His Worship the 
Mayor and Mrs. Brown. 
Hearty thanks were accorded to the Mayor for his hospitality, 
to the two inviting Societies, and to the Hull Museums’ Com- 
mittee, the response of the Mayor, and Messrs. W. J. Strachan 
and J. Thompson bringing a most successful gathering to a 
close. WEL Ww. 
The Report of the Warrington Museum, for the year ending June 30th, 
1912, contains details of the various additions during the year. The Wild 
Flowers table has again been a successful feature, and the curator is 
evidently deyoting attention to ‘ by-gones.’ The mineral collection is 
being rearranged. 
Naturalist, 
