O YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



complete the task. Mr. Slater expects, however, to be able to 

 furnish the MS. early in the spring- of 1898. 



The ' Naturalist ' has been published monthly during- the 

 year under the sole editorship of Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L. S., under whose direction it has fully sustained the reputa- 

 tion which it has for many years enjoyed as the recognised 

 medium for the publication of natural history observations for 

 the whole of the North of England. 



Your Executive and the Editor ^yould take this opportunity 

 of reminding- members that the Journal has always been 

 sufficiently catholic in its scope to welcome articles dealing- with 

 the life-history of animals and plants as observed in the northern 

 counties, as well as with any biologfical and g-eneral considera- 

 tions that the local observations give rise to. 



The Library continues to increase, mainly by donations and 

 exchang-es, and it has been made use of by the members to a 

 larger extent than formerly, in spite of the want of accommoda- 

 tion and of a catalogue. Your Executive have had pleasure in 

 accepting- a kind offer by Mr. John Farrah, to have a catalog-ue 

 drawn up and printed. Your Executive have continued to keep 

 in view the desirability of making the Library more accessible 

 to the members, but have not so far been able to make suitable 

 arrangements for the accomplishment of this object. 



The Sections of the Union have more or less steadily carried 

 on their work during- the year, and as the success of the field 

 excursions entirely depends upon the presence of the Union's 

 best workers in every department, it is to be hoped that members 

 will endeavour to support the arrangements made by the General 

 and Sectional Officers by their presence at as man}^ excursions 

 as possible. 



The Committees of Research have continued their investi- 

 g-ations during the year with ver}^ satisfactory results. 



The Yorkshire Boulder Committee have lost their in- 

 valuable Hon. Sec. by the death of Mr. Thomas Tate, F. G. S. 

 They have appointed in his stead Mr. J. H. Howarth, F.G.S. , of 

 Bradford, and their investig-ations have been continued in various 

 quarters as heretofore. The Chairman, Mr. P. F. Kendall, F. G.S., 

 has this autumn visited Southern Norway, and succeeded in 

 collecting- in situ and identifying ■ specimens of a number of 

 rocks, examples of which are found upon our East Coast. The 

 information thus obtained by Mr. Kendall will be of great service 

 to the Committee. The usual report has been presented to the 

 British Association, and will be published in the ' Naturalist ' in 

 due course. 



