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It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows : — Matthew B. Slater, F.L. S., Malton, Chairman ; J. J. 

 Marshall, Market Weig-hton, R.S.O., Convener ; Richard Barnes,, 

 Saltburn ; Robert Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S., London; Llewellyn 

 J. Cocks, London ; Charles Crossland, Halifax ; Charles P. 

 Hobkirk, F.L.S., Ilkley ; William Ingham, B.A., York; 

 James Needham, Hebden Bridge ; H. T. Soppitt, Halifax ; and 

 Wm. West, F.L.S., Bradford. 



Yorkshire Coleoptera Committee. — Mr. M. L. Thompson,, 

 the Secretary, reports that the work of this Committee has been 

 actively carried on during- the year. For most of the excursions- 

 of the Union a record has been preserved of the Coleoptera 

 observed. Such local record lists of the Yorkshire species of 

 Clavicornia as have been received by the secretary are being 

 arranged for the publication of the instalment of the list dealing 

 with that group. The nature of the work has been made 

 known through the medium of the ' Naturalist ' and other 

 suitable journals relating to the subject, and the committee 

 would like those who may be wishful to respond to the appeal 

 and place material at its disposal to do so as early as possible. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows :— Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., West Ayton, Chairman;. 

 M. L. Thompson, Diamond Street, Saltburn, Convener ; 

 E. G. Bayford, Barnsley ; H. H. Corbett, Doncaster ; William 

 Foggitt, Thirsk ; John Gardner, F.E. S., Hartlepool ; Leonard 

 Hawkesworth, Bradford; Joseph Neale, B. A. , Ack worth ; H. 

 Ostheide, Leeds; and W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Leeds. 



British Association. — The Union has again been appointed 

 one of the Corresponding Societies of the Association, and was 

 represented at the meeting at Bristol by Mr. Harold Wager^ 

 F.L. S., who was chosen last year to succeed Mr. Knubley as 

 the Union's Delegate. Mr. Wager reports that he attended the 

 first Conference of Delegates, which was entirely devoted to 

 a discussion on Coast Erosion. At the second Conference, 

 which he did not attend, several interesting matters were 

 discussed, including the desirability of uniformity of size of 

 scientific publications, earthquake-tremor observations, and 

 ethnographical survey work. 



Zoological Congress. — The Union became a member of 

 the International Zoological Congress, held at Cambridge, and 

 was represented by Mr. George S. West, B.A., son of our 

 President-elect. The proceedings — though of great scientific 

 importance — did not offer any points specially applicable to the 

 Union's work. 



