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pleasure ; to some of these it is hoped to draw attention at the 

 annual meeting. In conclusion it may be sug-gested that some 

 special effort be made by this section during the forthcoming 

 season to mark the progress of botanical science during the 

 twenty-five years that the Y.N.U. has been in existence. 



Geological Section. — Messrs. J. H. Lofthouse and T. 

 Sheppard,F.G.S., secretaries, write that it is pleasing to report that 

 from the number of geologists who take part in the excursions 

 of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union it is evident that this 

 section is not lacking in interest. On some of the excursions 

 during the past summer the number of geologists present in the 

 party has really been quite out of proportion. On most of the 

 excursions this section has been officially represented. On 

 the 19th of May the members visited Hornsea and Skipsea. 

 After hearing Mr. J. R. Boyle, F.S.A. , deliver an address 

 on the remarkable pre-historic earthworks at Skipsea Brough, 

 the party walked along the beach between Skipsea and 

 Hornsea, examining the lacustrine deposits, peat beds, and 

 boulder-clay en route. The members of the Coast Erosion 

 Committee met on this occasion. At the meeting at York, for 

 Askham Bog, the few geologists present had an opportunity of 

 examining the wonderful moraines, laid down by the Vale of 

 York Glacier, which were so ably described by Mr. P. F. 

 Kendall, F.G.S., in the circular for the meeting. The Roman Road 

 from York to Tadcaster runs along one of these morainic ridges. 

 Unfortunately there were not many suitable sections visible at 

 the time of this meeting. The district visited on June 28th, 

 viz., Crosland Hall, being situated amidst the Millstone 

 Grits, did not offer very great attractions — from a geological 

 point of view. Nevertheless, geologists are but human, and 

 they were present, and shared in the kind hospitality of the 

 Union's President, Mr. Porritt. Nothwithstanding the many 

 attractions offered to geologists on the occasion of the 

 excursion to Arkengarthdale on August 4th, partly on account 

 of the inaccessibility of the place to South Yorkshire folk, 

 and partly on account of holidays, the geological section was not 

 officially represented. The hammermen, however, had a very 

 pleasant and profitable outing, under the able leadership of Mr. 

 J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., of H.M. Geological 

 Survey. In connection with the British Association Meeting at 

 Bradford, in September, the Union arranged an excursion to 

 Grassington. This was exceedingly well attended, both by the 

 members of the g-eological section of the Union and by members 

 of the British Association. In reference to this excursion, Mr. 

 J.H. Howarth, F.G.S., who was one of the leaders, writes that 

 in this section, as in others, the year will be long remembered 

 for the excursion to Grassington in connection with the British 

 Association Meeting in Bradford. The principal object in view 

 was an investigation of the reef knolls of Mr. Tiddeman. 

 Leading geologists holding different views as to the origin of 



