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A YEAR'S SCIENTIFIC WORK: 
BEING 
THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION’S 
FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1912. — 
Presented at Hull, 14th Dec., 1912. 
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE UNION was held at Heckmondwike, the town of its incep- 
tion, on the 16th December, IgII. 
The Naturalist, for February, 1912, contained a report of 
this successful meeting, and the Presidential Address of Mr. 
Alfred Harker, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., on “ Petrology in York- 
shire,” appeared in that journal for February and March. 
The FIELD MEETINGS for the year have been five in number, 
full reports of which have appeared in The Naturalist, and 
these reports have had an added interest given to them by 
illustrations. The excursions were as under :-— 
Yorks. S.E.— 4th May, Riccall Common. 
N.E.—25th-27th May (Whit Week), Bridlington. 
Mid-W.—15th June, West Tanfield for Hackfall. 
S.W.—11th July, Askern for Shirley Pool. 
N.W.—3rd-5th August (Bank-Holiday), Tebay. 
N.E.—28th September to October 3rd (Fungus 
Foray) Sandsend for Mulgrave Woods. 
The Marine Biology Committee met at Robin Hood’s Bay, 
t1th-15th October. 
Excursion programmes have been printed and distributed 
prior to each of these Field Meetings. The best thanks of 
the Union are due to the various Landowners who so kindly 
granted facilities and privileges; and also to the Railway 
Companies for a continuation of cheap travelling facilities. 
EXCURSIONS FOR 1913 will be as follows :-— 
Yorks. S.W.—Maltby (Easter), March 22nd to 24th. 
N.W.—Kirkby Stephen (Whit Week-end), May 
roth to 12th. 
Mid. West.—Burnsall, Saturday, June 7th. 
S.E.—Stamford Bridge, Saturday, July 5th. 
N.E.—Great Ayton, August Bank Holiday week 
end), August 2nd to 4th. 
N.E.—Fungus Foray, Sandsend for Mulgrave 
Woods, September 2oth to 24th. 
The ANNUAL MEETING for 1913 will be held at York by the 
kind invitation of the York Philosophical Society. 
” 
1913 Jan. 1. 
