YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION — ANNUAL MEETING. I 5 



the Pocklington Literary and Philosophical Society was duly admitted 

 into the Union. 



Dr. Sorby then took advantage of the occasion of Mr. Clarke's 

 retirement from the honorary secretaryship to move a hearty vote of 

 thanks to the two honorary secretaries for their services, which was 

 seconded by Mr. M. H. Stiles, and unanimously adopted. 



Mr. J. W. Addyman then moved a resolution in favour of a change 

 in the constitution of the Union, which was seconded by Mr. Branson, 

 and gave rise to a brief discussion. Eventually the motion, on being 

 put to the vote, was lost, and the meeting was brought to a close. 



The sections then met and elected their officers as follows : — ■ 



B. Vertebrate Zoology. — Mr. Thos. Bunker, Goole, president; 

 Mr. James Backhouse, jun., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., York (re-elected), 

 and Mr. Edgar R. Waite, Leeds, secretaries. 



C. Conchology. — Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., York, president; 

 and Messrs. John Emmet, F.L.S., Boston Spa, and Baker Hudson, 

 M.C.S., Coatham, secretaries — all re-elected. 



D. Entomology. — Mr. N. F. Dobree, Beverley, re-elected 

 president; and Messrs. W. E. Brady, Barnsley, and J. H. Rowntree, 

 Scarborough, elected secretaries, in place of Messrs. Dennis and 

 Walker, resigned. 



E. Botany. — Mr. Chas. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., Dewsbury, elected 

 President, and Messrs. P. F. Lee, Dewsbury, and M. B. Slater, 

 Malton, re-elected Secretaries. 



F. Geology. — All the officers re-elected, namely — Rev. E. Maule 

 Cole, M.A., Wetwang, president; Messrs. S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 

 Leeds, and Samuel Chad wick, Malton, secretaries. 



G. Micro-Zoology and Botany. — Both officers re-elected, 

 viz., Mr. H. Clifton Sorby, LL.D., F.R.S., Sheffield, president; 

 Mr. J. M. Kirk, Doncaster, secretary. 



Tea was then served in one of the rooms of the Art Gallery, and 

 at 7 p.m. the Annual Public Meeting was held in the principal hall 

 of the Art Galleries. There was a large attendance. The chair was 

 taken by the president, Mr. Wilfrid H. Hudleston, M.A., F.R.S. 

 The annual report having been read for the benefit of the members 

 generally by the Rev. E. P. Knubley, M.A., the new secretary of the 

 Union, the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, 

 F.L.S., on the occasion of his retirement from the honorary secretary- 

 ship, took place. It consisted of an illuminated address, a series of 

 the earlier volumes of ' The Ibis,' and a timepiece. The wording of 

 the address was as follows : — 



Jan. 1889. 



