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Hill Scientific and Field Naturalists' 

 Clip. — The annual meeting of this Club was 

 held on September zgth. Dr. J. Holling worth, 

 the President, occupied the chair. The Secre- 

 taries' report showed that the progress during the 

 year was in a very satisfactory condition, including 

 thirty-eight new members elected and an increase 

 of fifty per cent, in attendance at meetings and 

 excursions. There is a satisfactory cash balance 

 in hand. Several additions had been made to the 

 Club's collection. The reports for geology, botany, 

 conchology. entomology and ornithology were given 

 by Messrs. Sheppard, Kobinson. Fierke, Boult and 

 Audas respectively, which showed that good work 

 had been done by the various sections. The 

 botanists have been working out the flora of the 

 Fast Riding, and have added the following to the 

 Club's list of East Riding plants, in addition to 

 which several new localities have been discovered 

 for previous records: Cirastium tetrandrum, Poly- 

 gonum bistort j. Allium scorodoprasum , Cardamuie 

 pratensis var. dtrlata, Rubiis althoeif otitis, Salix 

 triamdra, Teraxacum officinale var.palustre, Polystichum 

 aculeatum and Calamagrostis lanaolata. The ento- 

 mologists regretted that the past year had been a 

 very poor one so far as collecting was concerned, the 

 cold nights and abundance of "honeydew" mak- 

 ing the "sugaring" process a total failure. Not- 

 withstanding this, however, three new records have 

 been made for the district. The lectures were 

 arranged for the winter session. The officers for the 

 coming year were then elected as follows : Presi- 

 dent. L)r. J. Hollingworlh ; Vice-presidents, Messrs. 

 J. F. Robinson, T. Audas, L.D.S , and J. R. Boyle, 

 P.S.A ; Treasurer, Mr. F. W. Fierke; Curator, 

 J \V Poult; Librarian, Mr. J. Porter; Recorders 

 (archaeology), Mr. J. R. Boyle, (microscopy) Dr. 

 Hollingworth and Mr. Robinson, (marine biology) 

 Mr Fierke. (Mammalia and Aves) Mr. Audas, 

 (Pisces) Mr II. M. F"oster, (Mollusca) Mr. Fierke, 

 (Arachnida) Mr. G. Ross, (Ixpidoptera) Mr. J. 

 W Boult, (Coleoptera) Mr. Russell, (botany) Mr. 

 J 1 Robinson (general) and Mr. II Philip (Dia- 

 tomaceae), (geology) Mr. Sheppard ; Committee, 

 H. Knight J. L. Stratford, T. Thelwall, 

 C Waterfall. A II White and Rev. C. A. Hall; 

 Secretary, T. Sheppard. 7S, Sherburn Street, Hull. 

 The first meeting for the winter session was held 

 in the club's room. Prospect Street, on October 

 13th, Mr J. R. Boyle, F.S.A., occupied the chair. 

 1 large attendance of members. Mr. 

 I< II Philip exhibited under the microscope some 



DC foraminifera which he had extracted from 

 \le Chalk after very careful washing. Mr 



brought a large vertebra of a Saurian which 

 •■•en du>{ from a depth of twenty feet at 

 Frodingham Six gentlemen were elected members 

 '.I the Society. Mr J. F Kobinson then read a 

 ! bra ■/( the hast Riding." Re 

 markable though it may seem, almost every county 

 or district thro. ■ • kingdom i 



ora published, with thi 



of toe East Riding Ure. Roberl 



■hire plants, which was published 



f| mm' . '■ I I 

 11 fcr briefly to the 

 <hi» Ridin 

 .1 lias been written di 



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• arefully *um 

 ■ 1 

 nil -'.In' hi 

 district, all of which 1 count* 



of this or that group of plants. Robert Teesdale's 

 list is certainly the most complete and reliable, 

 and Mr. Robinson alluded to the delight and 

 enthusiasm our members had evinced when finding 

 a plant in confirmation of a list published a 

 century ago. The lecturer proposed to split 

 up the district under consideration into three 

 geological divisions, viz., (1) Holderness proper, 

 composed almost exclusively of glacial clays and 

 gravels ; (2) the Wolds — the chalky area ; and (3) 

 the Vale of York, west of the Wolds — chiefly 

 sandy flats. The lecturer then further subdivided 

 these areas, and dealt with the coast plants, the 

 estuarine and aquatic, describing each in order. 

 Finally Mr. Robinson submitted his list of plants, 

 consisting of between Soo and 1,000 species. A 

 large number of actual specimens of the more 

 important kinds were exhibited round the walls of 

 the room, and the Paper was further illustrated by 

 an excellent cross-country section, on a large scale, 

 showing the geological features of the Riding, 

 which had been prepared specially for the lecture 

 by Mr. W. FI. Crofts. Mr. Robinson's Paper 

 will duly appear in the Club's Proceedings. — T. 

 Sheppard, Hon. See., 7S, Sherburn Street, Hull. 



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