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(chairman); W. Cash, F.G.S., HaUfax (hon. secretary); S. A. 

 Adamson, F.G.S., HaUfax; Thos. Hick, B.A., B.Sc, Manchester ; 

 B. Holgate, F.G.S., Leeds; Robert Kidston, F.G.S.; Prof. L. C. 

 Miall, Leeds; James Spencer, Hahfax ; John Stubbins, F.G.S., 

 Leeds; and Wilham West, F.L.S., Bradford. 



It being in the power of the General Committee to add to its 

 own number ten Permanent Members annually, this power was used, 

 Messrs. F. Boyes, Beverley ; James Carter, Masham ; William 

 Foggitt, Thirsk; Alfred Harker, M.A., F.G.S., Hull and Cambridge 

 University; Wm. Home, F.G.S., Leyburn ; Baker Hudson, M.C.S., 

 Coatham ; J. C. FAnson, F.G.S., Saltburn-by-the-Sea ; Rev. Wm. 

 Jessop, F.A.S., Rawdon ; T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar; and 

 John Stubbins, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., Leeds. 



The unanimous election of Messrs. Robert Barnes, Saltburn-by- 

 the-Sea ; Geo. S. Gibb, LL.B., York; the Hon. H. W. Fitzwilliam, 

 M.P., Malton; Zechariah Waite, Whitby; A. W. Walker, Malton ; 

 and William Young, M.D., Malton, as members of the Union, 

 followed, all having been duly proposed in writing. 



The next business was the selection of the place of the next 

 Annual Meeting, for which invitations were submitted from Sheffield 

 and Halifax — the former town being eventually selected — and the 

 date fixed for Friday, i6th of November next. This concluded the 

 business of the General Committee, which then adjourned. 



The sections then met and elected their officers as follows : — 



B. Vertebrate Zoology. — Rev. E. Ponsonby Knubley, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U., Rector of Staveley, re-elected president, and Mr. James 

 Backhouse, jun., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., of York, re-elected secretary, 

 and a second secretary elected in the person of Mr. Thomas Bunker, 

 Goole. 



C. Conchology. — Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., M.C.S., York, 

 re-elected president ; Mr. John Emmet, F.L.S., Boston Spa, re-elected 

 secretary, and Mr. Baker Hudson, M.C.S., Coatham, chosen secretary 

 in place of Mr. Butterell, resigned. 



D. Entomology. — All the officers re-elected, viz., Mr. N. F. 

 Dobree, Beverley, president, and Messrs. G. C. Dennis and Samuel 

 Walker, York, secretaries. 



E. Botany. — All the officers re-elected, viz., Mr. F. Arnold 

 Lees, L.R.C.P., Leeds, president ; Mr. P. F. Lee, Dewsbury, phanero- 

 gamic secretary, and Mr. M. B. Slater, Malton, cryptogamic secretary. 



F. Geology. — All the officers re-elected, viz., Rev. E. Maule 

 Cole, M.A., Wetwang, president, and Mr. S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 

 Leeds, and Mr. S. Chadwick, Malton, secretaries. 



Naturalist, 



