ANNUAL REPORT FOR I9OO. 93 



The Yorkshire Fossil Flora Committee. — The com- 

 mittee regret to report that the appeals made in past years to 

 colHery managers and local g^eologists have met with little or no 

 response, and that there is therefore little to report ; but the 

 convener of the committee (Mr. W. Cash, F.G. S.) has had 

 personal interviews during^ September with several colliery 

 managers who have promised to help, and from this source it is 

 hoped that next year's report may prove of interest. The 

 committee has not met during- the past year. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows :— Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Stirling, N.B., 

 chairman; Benjamin Holgate, F.G.S., Leeds, vice-chairman; 

 Wm. Cash, F.G.S., Halifax, convener; J. W. Bond, Leeds; 

 AV. Hemingway, Barnsley ; Robert Law, F.G. S., Hipperholme ; 

 and AVm. AVest, F.L.S., Bradford. 



Yorkshire Geological Photographs Committee, — Mr. 

 J. E. Bedford, F.G. S., convener, reports that the additions 

 made to the Y. N.U. collection of geological photographs have 

 not been quite so numerous as in previous years. It is to be 

 regretted that greater interest is not taken in this valuable 

 g^eological record work. The only contributions received this 

 3'ear are from the Hull Geological Society and Mr. Godfrey 

 Bingley. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows : — Godfrey Bingley, Leeds, chairman ; J. E. Bedford, 

 F.G. S., Leeds, convener ; Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A. , 

 F.G.S., Hopton, Mirfield ; Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., 

 Wetwang ; J. Hollingworth, M.R.C.S., Hull; and F. Fielder 

 Walton, F.G.S., Hall; with Prof. W. W. Watts, M.B., 

 F.G. S., London, the Secretary of the British Association 

 Committee on Geological Photographs, as Hon. Member. 



Yorkshire Coast Erosion Committee. — Mr. Thomas 

 Sheppard, F.G. S., the secretary, reports that, following up the 

 lines of research indicated in last year's report, the members ot 

 this committee have been accumulating records during the past 

 summer, and these, together with those previously obtained, 

 will be arranged and tabulated in due course. The Committee 

 do not consider it necessary, however, to publish any detailed 

 accounts at present, beyond what is set out in their full report 

 for last year, which will shortly be printed in ' The Naturalist.' 

 In May last, on the occasion of the visit of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union to Hornsea and Skipsea, an excellent oppor- 

 tunity of examining the condition of the Holderness cliffs was 

 afforded, and this was taken advantage of by most of the 

 members of the committee and others. The manner in which 

 the land is disappearing in this part of the coast was most 

 obvious. In previous years this committee had taken measure- 

 ments of the distance between the cliffs and Sands Cottage, 



