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Arthur Marshall ; Rev. Canon H. Newton ; Henry Oxley, Leeds j 

 C. B. E. Wright, J.P. ; Jas. S. Cooke, F.R.A.S., J.P. ; Col. John E. 

 Champney, J.P. 



The Ordinary Members elected were : — J. Edmondson, Halifax ; 

 George Fawcett, Keld ; Edward Gledhill, Halifax ; G. F. Harding, 

 Halifax ; Charles H. Hutchi'nson, Barnsley ; W. B. Hutchinson, 

 Liversedge ; Tom Jubb, Halifax ; Charles Middleton, Halifax ; 

 W. H. Newhouse, Erighouse ; Owen Piatt, Oldliam ; A. W. 

 Reith, M.A., Halifax; Albert Seed, Halifax; John Shillito, Halifax; 

 John W. Stather, Hull ; Charles H. Thackrah, Halifax ; James A. 

 Toothill, Halifax; H. Whitley, B.A., Halifax; Henry J. Wilson, 

 M.P., Sheffield; David Woodhead, Halifax; C. H. Worsnop, 

 Halifax. 



The sectional officers were next called upon to announce the 

 names of the officers elected for 1 891, as follows: 



B. Vertebrate Zoology.— Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., 

 reported that all the officers of the past year had retired, and the 

 following had been elected in their stead : — President, James 

 Backhouse, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Harrogate; Secretaries, Riley Fortune, 

 F.Z.S., Harrogate; Thos. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar. 



C. Conchology. — Mr. John Emmet, F.L.S., stated that all the 

 old officers had been re-elected, viz. : — President, Rev. W. C. Hey, 

 M.A., York; Secretaries, John Emmet, F.L.S., Boston Spa; Lewis B. 

 Ross, F.C.S., Driffield. 



D. Entomology.— Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., reported that 

 the following appointments had been made : — President, G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S. ; Secretaries, Jas. H. Rowntree, York (re-elected) ; 

 A. E. Hall, F.E.S., Sheffield. 



E. Botany.— Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., presented the 

 report of the section, announcing that the officers had been elected 

 as follows : — President, Charles P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., Dewsbury 

 (re-elected); Secretaries, M. B. Slater, F.L.S., Malton (re-elected); 

 J. A. Erskine Stuart, Heckmondwike. 



F. Geology. — Mr. Samuel Chadwick, F.G.S., reported that the 

 following officers had been elected : — President, C D. Hardcastle, 

 Leeds; Secretaries, W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S., Leeds (re- 

 elected) ; Samuel Chadwick, F.G.S., Malton (re-elected). 



This concluded the business of the General Committee, where- 

 upon Members adjourned to the White Swan Hotel where tea was 

 provided. 



The Annual Public Meeting was held at seven o'clock in 

 the Lecture Theatre of the Museum of the Halifax Literary and 

 Philosophical Society. The chair was taken by Mr. James W. Davis, 



Naturalist, 



