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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION — ANNUAL jNIEETING. 



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The exhibition remained open throughout the afternoon and 

 evening, and was a source of interest and gratification to large num- 

 bers of members and visitors. 



The business meetings began at 3 p.m., when the Sections met: 

 and elected their officers for 1893. 



At 3,30 the General Committee met for the despatch of business. 

 There was a large attendance of members and delegates, and the 

 chair was occupied by Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., an ex-President. 



The annual report was then read l)y ATr. Edgar R. Waite, .F.L.S., 

 one of the Honorary Secretaries. At the outset it referred to tlie 

 year having been one of t]ie most successful the Union has ever had, 

 but pointed out that ampler funds aiid a considerably enlarged 

 membership were needed to enable the Union to expedite the 

 publication of MS. in hand. The meetings were then referred to in 

 detail, after which it was mentioned that the number of Societies in 

 the Union remained the same as in tlie previous year, that the 

 number of members was also unchanged, remaining at 462, and that 



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the total number of members and associates was 2,518, an increase 

 of 30. The financial position of the Union and the various publica- 

 tions it has issued during the year were then treated of. Reference 

 was next made to the Library, the Sections, the Connnittees of 

 Research, and the British Association. The report concluded witli 

 a suitable reference to the services which Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, 

 F.L.S., the retiring President, had rendered the Union, of which he- 

 was one of the oldest members, and mentioned that he was to be 



R. H. I'lddeman, M.A., F.G.S., and J. J. Wilkinson. 



The election of officers was tlien proceeded with. The retiring 

 honorary secretaries, honorary librarian, and executive were all 

 re-elected. The Committees of Research were also re-elected, with 

 slight alterations, Messrs. J. W. Stather and F. F. Walton being 



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succeedetl in that office by so distinguished an ornithologist and 

 traveller as Mr. Henry Secbohm, a native of Sheffield. The reports, 

 having been discussed and unanimously adopted, the excursion 

 programme for 1893 was agreed upon, as follows: — 



May 22n(b Whit Monrlay — Aysgarth. 

 June 15th, Thursday — Askcrn. 

 July lolh, Monday— Kirkby Moorside. 

 Aug. 7lh, Bank Holiday Monday — Sawley Abbe3^ 



Sep. 6th and 7th, Wednesday and Thursday— Howden (Fungus Foray and' 

 Excursion). 



It was decided to hold the next Annual Meeting at Skipton, on 

 Tuesday, November 14th, 1893, in response to a cordial invitation 

 from the Craven Naturalists' Association, presented by Messrs. 





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