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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



28th ANNUAL REPORT, for 1889. 



Your Executive, in presenting the 28th Annual Report and State- 

 ments of Accounts, have to pass in review a year of successful work, 

 whether as regards the interest maintained in the Excursions, the 

 value of the publications, or the amount of work achieved by the 

 various Committees appointed for special research. 



The Meetings which have been held during the year have 

 been five in number, one in each division of the county, the places 

 and dates having been as follows : — 



Huddersfield for Holmfirth Valley, Whit-Monday, June loth. 



Robin Hood's Bay and the Peak, Friday, June 21st. 



Harrogate for Phimpton and Rudding Parks, Saturday, July 13th. 



Upper Teesdale, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday, August 3rd to 5th. 



Malton for Kirkham Abbey and Acklam Brow, Wednesday, September 4th. 



For each of these meetings the usual descriptive circular, which is 

 so conducive to the convenience of members and associates under- 

 taking the day's explorations, was issued, and at all the meetings 

 good results were achieved. 



The opening meeting, arranged for Whit-Monday, at Hudders- 

 field, was well attended, notwithstanding the threatening aspect of 

 the weather. The country chosen for investigation was the millstone 

 grit district lying S.W. of Holmfirth, including the Holme Valley, 

 Bilberry Reservoir, Ramsden Edge and Harden Moss. The meeting 

 was held at Huddersfield, Mr. Chas. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., President 

 of the Botanical Section, being in the chair. 



It will be remembered that the excursion which was planned last 

 year (1888) for visiting the Peak or South Cheek of Robin Plood's 

 Bay, was but poorly attended, owing to the incessant rain. It was 

 therefore arranged that the same ground should be again visited, and 

 the second excursion of this year took place there, on the 21st of 

 June, when there was a large attendance, attracted partly by the fine 

 weather and beautiful scenery, partly by the fact that the excursion 

 was under the leadership of a distinguished ex-president of the Union, 

 Mr. W. H. Hudleston, F.R.S. The Marine Zoology Committee 

 were able on this occasion to do good work by means of a steam 

 launch and trawl, which was kindly placed at their disposal by 

 Major Woodall. The general meeting was held at Whitby, under 

 the chairmanship of the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., President of the 

 Geological Section. 



May i8f)o. 



