YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UXION — ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1S94. I 7 





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For the Yorkshire Fossil Flora Committee Mr. W. Cash, F.G.S., 

 its secretary, reports that but little has been done this year ; and 

 that but little response has been made to their appeal for local 

 help, a condition of affairs which it is hoped may be remedied 

 next year. 



For the Geological Photographs Committee, Mr. J. ]■>. Bedford, 

 its secretary, reports that although no meetings of the Committee 

 have been held, still good work has been done; 107 views altogether 

 of geological subjects have been taken during the year, all by 

 Mr. Godfrey Bingley, the newly - appointed chairman of the 

 Committee. Of these 38 are for Yorkshire, 41 for Devon and 

 Cornwall, 26 for the coast of Antrim^ and a few for other districts. 

 It may be added that the Yorkshire Committee has contributed 

 a very large proportion of the whole of the work done in the British 

 Isles. 



The Yorkshi]-e Boulder Committee continues to do good and 

 satisfactory work. Prof Miall retired a year ago from the chairman- 

 ship, and he has been ably succeeded by our President (INIr. R. H. 

 Ti(ldeman). The Secretary (Mr. Thomas Tate), in the report 

 {which has just been printed in 'The Naturalist'), records that special 

 attention has been given to the glacial geology of the hilly country 

 round Barnsley, in which they have had great assistance from 

 Mr. W. Hemingway. They also report that an East Riding Boulder 

 Committee, of which Mr. J. W. Stather is the Secretary, is actively 

 "VN'orking in co-njunction with the Yorkshire Committee. 



The Coast Erosion Committee. — The Rev. E. iMaule Cole, 



secretary of this Committee, in his report, shortly to be printed in 

 'The Naturalist,' deals with the destruction wrought on the Boulder 

 ■Clay Cliffs of the Yorkshire Coast by the memorable storm of the 

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 . The Committee appointed for the investigation of the Crypto 

 ^amic Flora and Invertebrate Fauna of the Freshwaters of Yorkshire, 

 docs not appear to have had the opportunity of continuing Its 

 ■investigations, and the excursion-programme for the past year has 

 not offered much scope in this direction. Mr. J. M. Kirk, the hon. 

 secretary, reports that Mr. M. H. Stiles, of Doncaster, and. 

 Mr. J. Newton Coombe, of Sheffield, have investigated diatomaceous 

 gatherings at Cusworth, the result of which will shortly appear in 

 ' The Naturalist.' 



The Marine Zoology Committee has had no opportunity of 

 prosecuting its work in connection with the excursions, and it is 

 i^iuch to be deplored that so few persons take an active interest 

 an this subject, considering the extent and varied character of the 





