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 THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT NEWCASTLE. 



Ret. E. P. KNUBLEY, M.A., M.B.O.U., 



Rector of Staveley; Delegate representing the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union on the 

 General Committee of the Association. 



To the Executive Council of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



Gentlemen, — There is, happily, no lack of material on which to 

 base a report of the British Association Meeting in Newcastle in so 

 far as its proceedings affect Yorkshire. 



Four societies in the county were represented officially, viz. : — 

 Leeds Geological Association, in the person of Mr. S. A. Adamson, 

 F.G.S. j Malton Field Naturalists' and Scientific Society, by Mr. M. B. 

 Slater, F.L.S.; Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, by 

 Mr. J. W. Davis, F.G.S. (though only in name, for he was not present); 

 and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union by your Delegate. In addition 

 to the above, the following Yorkshiremen served on one or other of the 

 Sectional Committees : — J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S. ; Sir I. Lowthian 

 Bell, Bart, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.C.S. \ G. Brook, F.L.S.; Prof. A. 

 Denny, F.L.S.; T. Fairley, F.R.S.E. ; C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S.; 

 Prof. A. Lupton, M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S. ; S. Lupton, M.A. : Prof. L. 

 C. Miall, F.G.S. ; Canon Isaac Taylor, D.D. ; Prof. W.C. Williamson, 

 LL.D., F.R.S. ; and J. W. Woodall, M.A., F.G.S. 



Every member of the General Committee was presented with 

 three handbooks. In that which treated of the ' Geology and 

 Natural History of Northumberland and Durham,' we could not fail 

 to be pleased with the tribute which was paid in the introduction to 

 ' the very useful yearly Bibliographical lists, relating to North 

 Country Natural History and Geology which The Naturalist has 

 contained of late years.' 



The first conference of delegates of Corresponding Societies was 

 held on Thursday, September 12th, under the presidency of Mr. F. 

 Galton, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S. ; the Corresponding Societies' 

 Committee being further represented by Prof. Lebour, F.G.S., 

 Secretary; Mr. W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., and Mr. W. 

 Topley, F.R.S., F.G.S., A.I.C.E. 



The Chairman said it must be satisfactory to the delegates that, 

 by the utility of their proceedings, and the business-like way in 

 which such proceedings were conducted, they were gradually growing 

 into an important and integral part of the British Association. He 

 thought it would be better for them to follow the precedent of last 



Nov. 1889. 



