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field Naturalists' Society take part, has received well-merited 

 recognition at the British Association and from the Linnean 

 Society, who will shortly publish some of the results. One 

 paper has already appeared in the " Naturalist " this year. Two 

 papers by Mr. J. Fraser Robinson to the Hull Club indicate that 

 botanical survey is receiving attention there. The July excursion 

 to Spurn yielded two independent reports on the distribution of 

 plants on Spurn Head ; one by Mr. J. F. Robinson, another by 

 Messrs. H. Knight, J. Johnson, and W. G. Smith. The 

 Whitsuntide excursion resulted in a specially useful survey of 

 Harwood Dale and its neighbourhood, in which map-work, with 

 notes on phanerogams, mosses, algae, and fungi were carried out 

 by members of the Committee. The map survey to the North 

 and West was extended by myself during July. Map surveys 

 in proo^ress include South Yorks. and Derby (C. E. Moss), 

 Ingleboro' and district (W. M. Rankin), Cleveland (W. G. 

 Smith), and it is probable that a member of the Y.N.U., residing 

 in Wensleydale, will undertake that district. Mr. Crossland's 

 survey of Midgley has been handed over to the Committee for 

 consideration as to publication. Mr. R. C. Gaut has prepared 

 a paper on " A Botanical Survey of a Pasture," which was 

 published in the " Naturalist," April, 1904. 



It is recommended that the following be elected for 1905 : — 



Chairman — J. Farrah, Harrogate. 



Convener and Representative on Executive and on Committee 



of Suggestions — Dr. W. G. Smith, Leeds. 

 Other Members — C. E. Moss, Manchester ; J. F. Robinson, 



Hull ; C. Waterfall, Hull ; T. W. Woodhead, Hudders- 



field ; W. B. Crump, Halifax ; H. H. Corbett, Doncaster ; 



J. Hartshorn, Leyburn ; and J. W. H. Johnson, Thornhill. 



Committee of Suggestions for Research : — 



Professor P. F. Kendall and Dr. W. G. Smith write : The 

 objects of this Committee were outlined in a joint appeal 

 (" Naturalist," May 1904). From the nature of the suggestions, 

 results cannot .be expected immediately. Two conditions are 

 essential for success : {a) co-operation of all Naturalists ; (b) 

 collection of material. Gaps still exist in the sections and 

 committees which should be represented. The investigation of 

 peat has begun, and a useful paper on this by Mr. C. E. Moss was 

 abstracted in " Naturalist," July 1904. What is urgently 

 required is a representative collection of peat from all parts of 

 Yorkshire ; this can only be made with the assistance of those on 

 the spot. In connection with identification of seeds from peat 

 and other deposits, a large collection made by the Rev. E. A. 

 Woodruffe Peacock is now available for reference, and as these 



