170 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



2. — That an office of Hoaorai'v Treasurer be created, to be 

 filled by some member other than the Secretary or Secretaries. 



3. — That an Editor or Editors, other than the Secretary or 

 Secretaries if possible, be appointed by the Executive, for the 

 Publications of the Union. 



4. — That a Divisional Honorary Secretary be appointed 

 for each of the five divisions of the county, whose duty it should 

 be to make the arrano^ements for the annual excursions, and 

 otherwise look after the interests of the Union in that division, 

 under the supervision of one or more General Honorary 

 Secretaries ; such Divisional Secretaries to have seats on the 

 Executive. 



5. — That the Union shall no long'er employ a collector. 



6. — That a list of members in arrear with their subscriptions 

 be submitted to the consideration of the Executive annually. 



7. — That all matter for the "Transactions" be approved 

 by the Executive before publication. 



8. — That for the " Naturalist " a general Editor, or 

 Editors, and Referees in special subjects be appointed b}' the 

 Executive, to which Referees all communications in their 

 respective departments should be submitted prior to publication, 

 such Editors and Referees to have ex-officio seats on the 

 Executive. 



The Societies which constitute the Union are now ;i,i in 

 number, five less than last year, the Liversedge, Goole, Elles- 

 mere School and Heckmondwike Spiritualists' Naturalists' 

 Societies having- ceased to exist. 



The Statistics which the Secretaries of the different 

 Societies have again been kind enough to furnish show a 

 decrease in the number of Associates, the ag'gi'egate membership 

 of the 31 societies now amounting- to 2,542, a decrease of 57. 

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

 strength of the Union is 2,956. 



The Membership of the Union now stands at 414, being 

 24 Life Members, 7 Honorary Eife Members, and 383 Ordinary 

 Members, a slight increase of 8 members as compared with 

 last year. 



During the year only about 14 new members have been 

 elected, much below what ought to be expected, while on the 

 other hand a few members have died, a few resigned, and 

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

 arrears of subscriptions. 



