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patience and noble endurance till the end came. In these days of 
compilation, his writings have a special value, as they are the 
result of his own personal observations. It would be impossible to 
specify all his numerous acts of liberality to his fellow-workers. 
The Rev. H. F, Barnes-Lawrence, of Bridlington, was long a 
valued member of the Union, his membership only ceasing with his 
death, We are all deeply indebted to him for the share he had in 
promoting the first ‘Wild Birds Protection Act.’ 
Although never a member of the Union, I cannot let this oppor 
tunity pass by without noticing the death of a well-known Yorkshire 
naturalist, Peter Inchbald, of Hornsea, who, during the period of 
his life as a schoolmaster, instilled the love of Natural History into 
some who have since achieved distinction. 
The societies which constitute the Union are thirty-six in 
number, with 2,906 members; a large number, certainly, when we 
consider ar total number of members who attended the meeting of 
and hard-working geologi i of 
ng geologist, has informed me of the existence 
, three boulders of 
the same in North Lincolnshire; the first and 
