YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, for 1897. 



Your Executive have to congratulate the members on the com- 

 pletion of another year's successful working-, on the continued 

 activity of the Committees of Research, and on the success which 

 still continues to attend the Union's excursions. 



The Meetings held during- the year have been six in number 

 as usual, one for each division of the county, and a Fungus 

 Foray. 



The districts chosen for investigation and the dates of the 

 meeting's were as follows : — 



April 19, Easter Mondaj' : Boston Spa. 



May 13, Thursday : Skelmanthorpe. 



June 7, Whit Monday : Cotherstone. 



July 8, Thursday : Lang-dale End and Hackness. 



Augf. 2, Bank Holiday Monday : Evering-ham Park. 



Sep. 18 to 20, Saturday to Monday: Barnsley for Fung-us Foray. 

 The usual descriptive circular for each excursion was issued 

 to members and associates. 



The opening excursion was a most successful gathering at 

 Boston Spa, on Easter Monday, the 19th April. The weather 

 being favourable much good work was done. The meeting was 

 presided over by the Union's old and staunch friend, Mr. John 

 Emmet, F.L.S., to whose keen research in past years it is that 

 we owe what s known of the botany and conchology of the 

 district. Mr. LI. J. Cocks, in the capacity of special secretary 

 or the meeting, laid the Union under great obligation by the 

 excellence of the arrangements made. 



The second meeting was an equally successful one, on the 

 13th May, devoted to the neighbourhood of Skelmanthorpe, 

 under the able guidance of Messrs. F. Lawton and B. Morley, 

 of that place. The special secretar3'ship for this meeting was in 

 the hands of Mr. Arthur Crabtree. 



The third meeting was held on Whit Monday, June 7th, at 

 Cotherstone, a district which has been but little explored. On 

 this occasion the party was conducted by Messrs. W. Herdman, 

 F.G.S., J. G. Brass, Ridley, M 'Andrews, and Carter, all of the 

 neighbourhood. Mr. Arthur Crabtree again performed very 

 efficiently the work of organising and carrying out the arrange- 

 ments, as special hon. secretary for the meeting. 



