5 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



A full report of each field excursion appeared in the issue of 

 the " Naturalist " immediately following the excursion, and this 

 appears to have met with general approval. 



The following programme of places and dates for the 1904. 

 excursions is recommended by the Executive : — 



For York Mid W. — Buckden, September 3rd (Saturday). 



For York S.E. — Spurn, July (week-end, 2nd to 4th). 



For York N.E. — Harwood Dale (Whit-week-end, May 21st to 23rd), 



For York N.W. — Dent (August Bank Holiday, August ist). 



For York S.W. — Hebden Bridge, June gth (Thursday). 



September 24th to 29th. — Fungus Foray, Upper Teesdale. 



Annual Meeting" for 1904. — An invitation has been 

 received from Leeds, and accepted. 



Winter Lecture Scheme.— During the year a revised 

 list of Lectures has been issued to the various Associated 

 Societies. This contained particulars of Lectures additional to 

 those of the previous Syllabus, and many of the Societies have 

 taken advantage of them; some to a large extent. Whilst we 

 have no evidence of any immediate accession to the membership 

 of the Union as a direct result of the Lecture Scheme, there 

 can be no question of its advantages to the Affiliated Societies. 



Objects of the Union. — ^The Circular in reference to 

 the objects and aims of the Union, originally put into type in 

 1 901, has been printed off in accordance with the arrangements 

 made by the Executive, and copies may be obtained by the 

 local secretaries and others for the purpose of securing new 

 members, &c. 



The Societies constituting the Union are the same in 

 number as last year, and, in addition, the newly-formed Hull 

 Co-operative Naturalists' Society has become affiliated with the 

 Union to-day. 



The Statistics which the Secretaries of the various 

 Societies have kindly furnished, show the aggregate membership 

 of the Societies to be 2648 as against 2542, or an increase of 106 

 upon the previous year's figures. ■ This increase is all the more 

 welcome having regard to the decrease in the membership which 

 had to be recorded last year. The total numerical strength of 

 the Union is now 3023. Full particulars of the various Societies, 

 their membership, &c., appeared in the December " Naturalist." 



The Membership of the Union stands at 375, being 27 

 Life Members and 5 Honorary Life Members, and 347 Ordinary 

 Members, a decrease of members as compared with last year. 



