62 . YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



Transactions as soon as the Union is in a position to do so. It 

 will add to those already recorded nearly 350 species, many of 

 which are new to Britain, and some new to science. The 

 Secretary (Mr. M. H. Stiles) has also in hand a list of Diatoms 

 found in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, which he hopes 

 shortly to publish in 'The Naturalist.' 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows:— H. C. Sorby, LL.D., F.R.S., Sheffield, Chairman; 

 M. H. Stiles, Doncaster, Convener ; J. Newton Coombe, 

 Sheffield; Prof. Alfred Denny, F.L.S., Sheffield; Charles P. 

 Hobkirk, F.L.S., Ilkley ; F. W. Mills, F.R.M.S., Hudders- 

 field; and Wm. West, F.L.S., Bradford. 



The Yorkshire Marine Biology Committee.— The Hon. 



Secretaries have to report that there have been no opportunities 

 for research offered, none of the excursions having- been on the 

 coast-line. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows :—H. C. Sorby, LL.D., F.R.S., Sheffield, Chairman; 

 J. D. Butterell, Wansford, Hull; Fred. W. Fierke, M.C.S., 

 Hull, Joint Conveners; W. Cash, F.G.S., Halifax; W. Eagle 

 Clarke, F.L.S., Edinburgh; John Cordeaux, M.B.O.U., Great 

 Cotes ; Oxley Grabham,'M.A., York; Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., 

 West Ayton ; E. Howarth, F.R.A.S., F.Z.S., Sheffield; Geo. 

 Massee, F.R.M.S., Kew ; T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar; 

 T. Petch, B.A., B.Sc, Hedon ; J. Frazer Robinson, Hull; 

 W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Leeds; Rev. Henry Smith, 

 M.A., Redcar; and Arnold T. Watson, F.L.S., Sheffield. 



The Yorkshire Wild Birds' and Eg-gs Protection 

 Acts Committee have nothing of moment to report at the 

 present time, their functions being more of a watching than of 

 an investigating character. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows:— Oxley Grabham, M.A. , M.B.O.U. , Heworth, York, 

 Chairman and Convener; James Backhouse, F.Z.S., Harrogate; 

 F. Boyes, Beverley; T. Bunker, Goole ; H. E. Dresser, F.L. S., 

 F.Z.S., London ; R. Fortune, F.Z.S., Harrogate ; Jno. Gerrard, 

 M.B.O.U., Manchester; Rev. E. Ponsonby Knubley, M.A., 

 Steeple Ashton, Wilts.; Claude Leatham, Wakefield; T. H. 

 Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar; Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., Hudders- 

 field; and Rev. W. T. Travis, M.A., Ripley. 



The Yorkshire Mycological Committee.— The Secretary, 

 Mr. Chas. Crossland, F.L.S., reports as follows :^Another com- 

 paratively dry summer, lasting almost to the end of September, 



