l8o YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



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 Holg'ate, F.G. S., Leeds, vice-chairman ; 

 W. M. Rankin, B.Sc. , Leeds, convener ; Wm. Cash, F.G. S., 

 Halifax ; W. Heming^waj-, Barnsley ; Robert Law, F.G.S., 

 Hipperholme ; Wm. iWest, F.L.S., Bradford ; and J. E. 

 Wilson, F.G.S., Ilkley ; and that Mr. Rankin be its representa- 

 tive on the Executive of the Union. 



Geological Photographs Committee. — The Secretary 

 reports the committee is again indebted to Mr. Bingley 

 for a very fine contribution of prints illustrating- the g^eology 

 of our county and Lancashire. His series comprises prints 

 irom no less than 80 neg^atives of the following subjects : — 

 Five sections in Magnesian Limestone having reference to the 

 work of the sub-committee of the Leeds Geological Association 

 now investigating the Magnesian Limestone formation. 

 4 Stigmaria, etc., ganister beds, Leeds. 25 pot-holes, etc., 

 Ribblesdale. 22 sections Yorkshire coast. 15 glacial lakes 

 and rivers. Cleveland, illustrating Mr. Kendall's investigations. 

 9 Brimham Rocks. Mr. A. H. Robinson, of Troutdale, Hack- 

 ness, has sent 3 views of weathered rocks, the " Bridestones." 

 Mr. W. J. Forrest, of Bradford, has contributed 2 sections in. 

 Coal Measures at Bradford, making the total views for year 

 1902 amount to 85. The work of the committee is greatly 

 approved and appreciated by field geologists as material for 

 illustrating their research. The collection is now a large one, 

 and comprises nine albums, which will be on view at the 

 Annual Meeting at Hull. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows: — Percy F. Kendall, F.G.S., Leeds, chairman; J. E. 

 Bedford, F.G.S., Leeds, convener; Godfrey Bingley, Leeds; 

 J. J. Burton, Nunthorpe ; Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., 

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

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

 \Valton,"F.G.S., Hull ; and that the Rev. W. Lower Carter 

 be its representative on the Executive of the Union. 



Yorkshire Coast Erosion Committee. — Mr. Thomas 

 Sheppard, F\G.S., secretary, reports that visits have been paid 

 to the coast by individual members, but that during the past 

 year no serious attempt has been made to take measurements 

 of the cliffs. Landslips have occurred at various places along 

 the coast, one of which, at Withernsea, carried with it portions 

 of some farm buildings, and has already been referred to in the 

 " Naturalist." The effect of the drain pipes on the erosion of 

 the cliffs was admirabh- illustrated at Kilnsea during the present 

 summer. In one place particularly, the cliffs were cut into a 

 series of parallel gullies, extending for twenty or thirty yards 



