36 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



Edwin Hawkesworth, Leeds; B. Holg-ate, F.G.S., Leeds; 

 Wm. Home, F.G.S., Leyburn ; Robert Law, F.G.S., Halifax; 

 J. R. Mortimer, F.G.S., Driffield; H. M. Platnauer, B.Sc, 

 F.G.S., York; Thos. Sheppard, Hull; J. W. Stather, F.G.S., 

 Hull ; R. H. Tiddeman, M.A. , F.G.S., Bridg-end, Glamorg-an- 

 shire; F. Fielder Walton, F.G.S., Hull; and R. Wood, M.D., 

 Driffield. 



The Yorkshire Fossil Flora Committee. — The Secretary,, 

 Mr. William Cash, F.G. S., reports that the Committee has, 

 unfortunately, had to lament the decease of two of its presi- 

 dents in rapid succession, Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., B.Sc, and 

 more recently, Mr. James Spencer, both of whom were well 

 known for their brilliant and orig"inal researches on the structure 

 of the fossil plants of the Halifax Hard Bed. These g"reat 

 losses have most seriously interrupted the investig^ations of the 

 palseobotany of our county. Material has, however, been 

 collected by the Secretary which awaits further study, and 

 which, it is hoped, may still further elucidate the many palaeo- 

 botanical problems which yet remain unsolved. 



It is to be hoped that among- the members of the Y.N.U. 

 there may arise able and willing- workers to carry on the work 

 of the Committee. 



Assistance in collecting- material for future study is asked by 

 the Committee, and colliery proprietors and manag"ers, and 

 others who have the opportunity, are invited to co-operate. 



A further instalment of Mr. Robert Kidston's report was 

 published during- the year as Part 21 of the 'Transactions,' and 

 Mr. Kidston reports that the materials he has in hand are at 

 present insufficient for a further report. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows: — Robt. Kidston, F.G.S., F.R.S.E., Stirling-, Chairman ;. 

 Benjamin Holg-ate, F.G.S., Leeds, Vice-Chairman; William 

 Cash, F.G.S., Halifax, Hon. Secretary; J. W. Bond, Leeds; 

 Robert Law, F.G.S., Hipperholme ; William Simpson, F.G.S., 

 Halifax; John Stubbins, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., Pool; Wm. West, 

 F.L.S., Bradford; and J. E. Wilson, Ilkley. 



The Yorkshire Geological Photographs Committee has 

 again had a successful year's work, and Mr. J. E. Bedford, 

 F.G. S., the Secretary, reports that Mr. G, Bing-ley, Chairman, 

 has contributed 67 views of subjects in Yorkshire, Westmor- 

 land, Eden Valley, and Norfolk coast, to the national collection 

 kept at the Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street, 

 London. Mr. Bingley has also contributed 17 photographs to 

 the duplicate collection which Mr. W. W. Watts is making at 



