CONTENTS. 



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I. — York in its Regional Setting. By A. V. Williamson. ... 3 



II. — Geology. By C. E. N. Bromehead 8 



III.— The Climate of York. By E. G. Bilham 13 



IV. — Yorkshire Plant Ecology. By Dr. T. W. Woodhead . . 22 



V. — Zoology. By A. J. A. Woodcock 28 



VI. — Historical Geography. By Prof. Hamilton Thompson 35 



VII. — Prehistoric Archaeology in Yorkshire. By Frank Elgee 40 



VIII. — Roman Excavations at York. By the Rev. A. Raine. . . . 52 



IX. — Roman Malton and District. By Philip Corder 56 



X. — Education in York. By Geo. H. Gray 61 



XI. — Industries of York 76 



XII. — Features of Engineering Interest in York and District. 



By H. R. Lupton 77 



XIII. — Buckingham Works, York 87 



XIV. — Agriculture. By James Strachan, H. T. Jones, D. H. 



Findlay, W. S. Gibson, and W. E. Gelling .... 89 



XV. — The First Meeting of the British Association, York, 1831 . 



By Dr. O. J. R. Howarth 97 



