82 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS* UNION. 



increase in the number of Associates, the ag-greg^ate membership 

 of the 37 societies now amounting- to 2,637, an increase of 219. 

 Adding to this the number of direct members, the total numerical 

 strength of the Union is 3,062. 



The Membership of the Union now stands at 425, being- 

 24 Life Members, 7 Honorary Life Members, and 394 Ordinary 

 Members, a further decrease of 7 members as compared with 

 last year. 



During the year only about sixteen new members have been 

 elected, much below the usual number, while on the other hand 

 a few members have died, a few resigned, and a number 

 have been struck off the rolls for non-payment of arrears of 

 subscriptions. 



The Union has had to mourn the loss ot three old and 

 distinguished members, by the decease of Mr. R. H. Meade, the 

 distinguished dipterist and arachnologist, of Bradford, Mr. J. 

 MacLandsborough, of Bradford, and Mr. Richard Reynolds, of 

 Leeds, both of whom had rendered valuable service to science by 

 long-continued series of observations on meteorological 

 phenomena. 



The Financial Position of the Union remains practically 



as it was last year. 



The following, which has been duly audited and found 

 correct, is the Hon. Treasurer's Statement of Receipts and 

 Payments during the year : — 



