228 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION—-ANNUAL MEETING. 
Arthur Marshall; Rev. Canon H. Newton; Henry Oxley, Leeds; 
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. Hutchinson, Barnsley; W. B. Hutchinson, 
Liversedge; Tom Jubb, Halifax; Charles Middleton, Halifax ; 
W. H. Newhouse, Brighouse; Owen Platt, Oldham; 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 1891, 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, FES., 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, 
