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HULL SCIENTIFIC CLUB and 



HULL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



8=30 p.m. to 10 p.m.— B (IOUV>erSa3iOne in honour of the visit of 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union to Hull. 



After the delivery of the Presidential Address a Conversazione will be 

 held in the Museum, by kind permission of the Hull Corporation, to which the 

 Executives of the above Societies cordially invite the members and associates of 

 the Union. 



To non-members admission will be by invitation only. During the evening 

 light refreshments will be provided. 



A number of objects of interest will be on view, in addition to an Exhibition 

 of Microscopic Slides, arranged by members of the Hull Scientific and P"ield 

 Naturalists' Club. The members of the East Riding Boulder Committee will 

 exhibit a series of local boulders ; the members of the Hull Geological Society's 

 Geological Photographs' Committee will exhibit local geological photographs ; 

 Dr. H. C. SoRBY, F. R.S., will exhibit some photographs of marine life; Mr. 

 C. W. Mason and others photographs of bird life; in addition to suitable 

 specimens and objects by Messrs. J. Backhouse & Son, A. Brown & Son, 

 T. W. WooDHEAi), F.L.S., J. F. Robinson, R. H. Philip, C. Waterfall, 

 ]\I. A. Assert, and others. 



The volumes of Geological Photographs belonging to the Union will also 

 be on view. 



The Hull Societies being desirous of making the meeting as attractive 

 as possible, will be glad to receive offers of help from those members of the 

 Union who possess Microscopes or Natural History Objects of interest ; it is, 

 therefore, earnestly hoped that all who can conveniently bring their instruments 

 and suitable objects will do so. Intending exhibitors are requested to communi- 

 cate with the undersigned as early as possilile. 



Thos. Sheppard, F.(;.S., Hon. Sec, 



The Municipal Museum, 



Albion Street, Hull. 



fbotcl BccommoSation 



The headquarters of the Union will be at the Grosvenor 

 Hotel, Carr Lane, near Paragon Station, and it is hoped that a 

 good number of members will stay the night in Hull, so as 

 to show their appreciation of the entertainment provided by the 

 Hull Societies. 



Tariff: Bed, Attendance, and Breakfast, 5/- each. 



Members requiring accommodation are requested to communicate with Mr. 

 J. E. Foster, the projirieior, a day or two previously. 



Thursday, December nth. — 



jejcursion to Ikelsey Ibill.— 



Members interested in glacial geology are invited to Yisit an extensive new 

 section in the Kelsey Hill gravels. These deposits are very fossiliferous, and, 

 in the form of a range of low hills, extend across Holderness, and are said by 

 Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., who surveyed them, to be of Interglacial age. On 

 this point it is liojied the j^resent (juarrying operations will throw additional 

 light. Railway Akkangemenis. — Train leaves Paragon Slalion, Hull, at 

 9-40 a.m., for Rye Hill, returning from Rye Hill at I-26, arriving at Hull, 2-10 

 p.m. Return fare, Hull to Rye Hill, 1/7. Walking distance under four miles. 



CaiDs of /nbembeisbip 



The producticjn of these is absolutely necessary for the olitaining of N.E. 

 railway tickets at reduced fares, and for admission to the various meetings. 



