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YORKSHIRE YATURALrSTS' UNION — ANNUAL MEETING. 



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added to the Boulder Committee ; Mr. Tom Fetch, B.A., to the 

 Marine Zoology Committee; and Mr. J. F. Robinson to the 

 Disappearance of Plants Committee. The Hon. Local Treasurers 

 were re-elected with various additions and substitutions. Mr. Edwin 

 Hawkesworth wns elected auditor; and Messrs. H. H. Corbett, 

 R. Paver Crow, J. P., John Gardner, F.E.S., George Jackson, 

 Henry Johnson, R.^E. Leach, M.A., F.G.S., Rev. H. E. Maddock, 

 M.A., F.G.S., I'homas Mitchelson, W. Y. Veitch, M.D., and 

 Charles Waterfall were added to the list of permanent meml)ers of 

 ^he General Committee. 



The following were elected new members of the Union: — Messrs. 

 John Hill, Morley; Edward Peake, M.A., Setde ; Tom Fetch, B.A., 

 Hedon ; E. G. Potter, York; Albert Rothery, Liversedge. 



Discussion then took place as to the inadequacy of funds for the 

 publication of the matter which the Union has in hand for publica- 

 tion, and a resolution agreed to on the motion of Mr. J. W. Addyman, 

 ^■A. (on behalf of Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S.), seconded by 

 -^i^. S. Chadwick, F.G.S., in favour of a very large addition to the 

 ^Tembership being secured, and requesting the Executive to devise 

 'i^easures to that end. 



The question of the desirability of the establishment by Govern- 

 '^"ient of Fish Hatcheries was introduced by Mr. E. Howarth, F.R.A.S., 

 on whose motion, seconded by Mr. A. T. Watson, it was unanimously 

 resolved that 'in the opinion of this meeting, the establishment by 

 Government of Marine Laboratories and Fish Hatcheries would be 

 advantageous to the Fisheries of the United Kingdom. 



-1-he Sections then by their spokesmen announced the names of 

 ^^'^^ ofhcers they had elected, after which the proceedings terminated. 



A substantial tea was partaken of in the Mayor's Reception 

 ^ooms, Mr. A. W\ Sykes being the caterer. 



In the evening the members assembled in the larae hall of the 

 J- Own Flail for the delivery of the Annual Presidential Address. 



The chair was occupied by Mr. George T. Porritt, F.L.S., in the 

 absence of Mr. S. Learoyd, F.G.S., who had been announced to pre- 

 ^^'^e. The Presidential Address, written by :\Ir. Charles P. Hobkirk, 

 ■f-i-.S., whose unavoidable absence was a great disappointment to the 

 '■i-iembers, was then read bv Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., one of the 

 Secretaries, llie address dealt with the history and methods of work 

 of the Union, on the occasion of its completing a series of one hun- 

 ored meetings since its re-oriranisation. At the conclusion a cordial 



^'ote of thanks to the President for his adch'ess and to Mr. Waite for 

 ^'^^^ding it, was adopted on the motion of Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., 

 seconded by Mr. Benjamin Holgate, F.G.S. A similar vote of tlianks 



August ifLn. 





