1 6 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1 896. 



in the list, together with three Life Members : — Mr. E. B. Wheatley 

 Ealme, Mr. E. B. Lees, and Lord Lilford, the last-named being the 

 President of'the British Ornithologists' Union, and a most generous 

 supporter of any scientific institution brought under his notice. 



The Financial Position of the Union is practically the same 

 as last year, and still continues to be a source of anxiety to your 

 Executive, and it will continue so to be until the members will assist 

 the Committee in placing the Union's affairs on a sound financial 

 basis, by bringing about a large increase of the membership in every 

 district of the county. At present the equilibrium between income 

 and expenditure is too close to permit of the Union doing full 

 justice to one of the main objects for which it exists, viz., the 

 printing and publication of memoirs and papers dealing with the 

 natural history of Yorkshire. In a county of the size, importance, 

 and scientific activity of Yorkshire there should at least be a 

 thousand names on the membership roll, and the Executive trust 

 they may look to the active and vigorous assistance of their members 

 to this end. 



The Publications of the Union have been as in former 

 years, the ' Transactions ' and the ' Naturalist.' 



Two parts of the 'Transactions' have been issued, viz., 

 Part 19 for 1893, and Part 20 for 1894. 



Part 19 consists of a further instalment of Mr. Kidson's valuable 

 reports on the Yorkshire Carboniferous Flora, and was issued last 

 Spring. 



Part 20 is expected to be sent out before the Annual Meeting, 

 and is devoted to various papers, including Dr. Braithwaite's 

 Presidential Address, delivered last year; the long-delayed report 

 on Yorkshire Lepidoptera for 1891, drawn up by Mr. A. E. Hall; 

 and a further instalment of the Rev. W. C. Hey's Catalogue of 

 Yorkshire Beetles. 



With regard to the second edition of Mr. Baker's North 

 Yorkshire, Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., who has in hand the Mosses 

 and Hepatics, states that he has not been able to complete his 

 revision of them as soon as he had hoped, but that he expects to 

 have it ready some time next Spring or Summer. Messrs. Taylor 

 and Nelson propose to furnish a further instalment of their annotated 

 List of Yorkshire Land and Freshwater MoUusca, and complete the 

 portion treating of the freshwater forms. 



The 'Naturalist' has been published monthly during the year 

 under the sole editorship of Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 

 under whose management it has fully sustained the reputation 



