FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, FOR I903. I9 



of Atwick Gap, and was lenticular in shape on the surface ; 

 in length it measured 240 feet ; in width, at the widest part, 

 34 feet ; and was estimated to contain about 9000 tons of clay. 



Near Barmston, where the coast line has been practically 

 stationary for some years, the set of the tide seems to have 

 altered somewhat, so that erosion has commenced again. In 

 this locality the cliffs are very low, and the main protection of 

 the coast is the sand which is banked against it. 



The chalk cliffs along the south side of Flambro' Head have 

 suffered to an unusual extent, there having been many falls of 

 chalk and superincumbent clay, some of these being of very 

 large size. Here again the excessive rainfall has had a great 

 effect, the water running and dripping over the edge of the chalk 

 cliffs being a most uncommon sight. 



It is recommended that the following be elected during 

 1904 :— 



Chairman— Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., F.G.S. 



Convener, Representative on Executive and on Committee of 



Suggestions — F. F. Walton, F.G.S. 

 Other Members— P. W. Loten, J. T. Sewell, J. \V. Stather, 

 F.G.S., and W. Y. Veitch, M.R.C.S., F.G.S. 



Yorkshire Marine Biology Committee. — On the 



Filey Excursion of the Union, May 30th to June ist, Mr. T. 

 Fetch, B.A., B.Sc, superintended the work of this section, and 

 his report appeared in the " Naturalist " for July and September. 

 On the Saturday evening a paper on " Shore Collecting at Filey 

 and Scarborough " by the Rev. W. C. Hey was read, which was 

 subsequently published (" Naturalist," Sept. 1903). Mr. Fetch 

 has also been doing valuable work on the Holderness coast, and 

 publishes the results of his work in the " Transactions of the 

 Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club" for 1903 ("The 

 Marine Fauna of the Humber District and the Holderness 

 Coast "), and in the " Naturalist " for January, 1904. Of service 

 also to this Committee is Dr. Sorby's paper "On the Preserva- 

 tion of Marine Animals" in the November "Naturalist." 



It is recommended that the following be elected during 

 1904 : — H. C. Sorby, LL.D., F.R.S., Sheffield, chairman ; J. D. 

 Butterell, Wansford, Hull; Fred W. Fierke, M.C.S., Hull, 

 joint conveners; Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., West Ayton ; E. 

 Howarth, F.R.A.S., F.Z.S., Sheffield; Geo. Massee, F.R.M.S., 

 Kew ; T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar; T. Fetch, B.A., B.Sc, 

 Hedon ; S. Lister Petty, Ulverston ; J. Eraser Robinson, Hull ; 

 W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Leeds; Rev. Henry Smith, M.A., 

 Redcar; and Arnold T. Watson, F.L.S., Sheffield; and that 

 Mr. E. Howarth be its representative on the Executive of the 

 Union. 



