94 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION—ANNUAL REPORT. 
assisted by the adoption of a system of Annual Minute Books, which 
at the close of each year are to be deposited in the Library, when 
a new one will be issued. An attempt is being made by the Hon. 
Secretaries to recover all the Minute Books, Papers, and records of 
the various sections for previous years, and it is hoped that all past 
Sectional officers will aid in this endeavour by returning such as may 
be in their possession. 
The Committees of Research have continued their investi- 
‘gations during the year with more or less satisfactory results, and 
have thoroughly maintained the reputation which the Union enjoys 
as a distinctively working body. 
The Committee for collecting and recording Geological Photo- 
graphs, of which Mr. James E. Bedford, F.G.S., is the Secretary, has 
again worked with remarkable success, and from the second report 
of the British Association Committee it appears that a considerably 
larger number of Photographs has been sent in from Yorkshire than 
from any other county, Many of them are of particular value as they 
refer to Sections which cannot again be photographed, such as fossil 
trees laid bare in quarrying and excavations for the foundations of 
buildings, etc. 
The Boulder Committee has again been the means of communi- 
cating a considerable number of reports on Erratic blocks, and 
Yorkshire still continues to hold a prominent place in the British 
Association Committee’s report. 
The Yorkshire Fossil Flora Committee.—Mr. Robert Kidston is 
engaged upon a third report of the Yorkshire Carboniferous Flora, 
which, together with the second report, will duly appear in the 
Transactions. 
The Coast Erosion Committee.—The work of this Committee 
during the year appears to have been entirely confined to measure- 
ments, taken by the Secretary (the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A.). 
-The Disappearance of Plants Committee has only. had a moderate 
amount of assistance during the year, and a limited number of 
observations have been sent in. 
The Committee appointed for the investigation of the Crypto- 
gamic Flora and Invertebrate Fauna of the Freshwaters of Yorkshire, 
has, through the instrumentality of its Secretary, Mr. J. M. Kirk, 
F.R.M.S., accomplished a considerable amount of work in the 
neighbourhood of Doncaster, and hopes to receive support from 
other districts in the county. 
The Marine Zoology Committee has had one opportunity of 
prosecuting its work in connection with the excursions, and at 
Hayburn Wyke two members devoted themselves to the investigation 
Naturalist, 
