YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



27th ANNUAL REPORT, 

 As presented at the Annual Meeting at Sheffield, Nov. 16th, 1888. 



The 27th Annual Report (and Balance Sheet) now presented is to be 

 regarded as merely an interim one, inasmuch as it is for a period of 

 eight months only, during the greater part of which — brief as it is — 

 the Union has been deprived of the services of both its honorary 

 secretaries from unforseen causes. Mr. Eagle Clarke was appointed 

 to an important position in the National Museum of Science and 

 Art at Edinburgh, an appointment which necessitated his removal to 

 that city at the end of May; while a month later, his colleague, 

 Mr. Denison Roebuck, was totally disabled from all work for 

 nearly four months by a very serious and unfortunate accident. 

 Nevertheless, the work of the Union was taken up and carried on 

 with the customary vigour and success, thanks to the prompt kind- 

 ness of various members resident in Leeds. Particular credit is due 

 to Mr. S. A. Adamson for assuming the duties of the honorary 

 secretaryship at a critical time, and for the valuable services which 

 entitle him to the gratitude, not only of the Executive, but of the 

 members in general. Similar credit is due to Mr. F. Arnold Lees, 

 who in like manner rendered invaluable assistance in the Editorial 

 conduct of The Naturalist. The Executive therefore feel pleased 

 to be able to report that at the present time the Union and its affairs 

 are on the whole in a satisfactory and flourishing condition. 



The Meetings which have been held during the year have 

 been five in number, one in each division of the county. The places 

 and dates have been as follows : — 



Ley burn Shawl, Whit- Monday, 21st May. 



Saddlevvorth, Saturday, 16th June. 



Robin Hood's Bay, Monday, 16th July. 



Market Weighton, Bank Holiday Monday, 6th August. 



Fungus Foray at Bramham and Harewood Parks, Tuesday, 25th Sept. 

 For each of these meetings the usual fully descriptive circular, which 

 is so conducive to the convenience of members undertaking the 

 day's investigations, was published, and at all the meetings — with 

 one notable exception, caused by adverse meteorological conditions 

 — good results were achieved. 



The opening excursion, arranged for Whit-Monday, at Leyburn, 

 was well attended, the day's work being directed to the exploration 

 of that portion of the northern escarpment of Wensleydale which 



Jan. 1889. 



