YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION—ANNUAL MEETING. 2 35. 
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 by Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., 
one of the Honorary Secretaries. At the outset it referred to the 
year having been one of the most successful the Union has ever had, 
but pointed out that ampler funds and 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 the previous year, that the 
number of members was also unchanged, remaining at 462, and that 
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 Committees of 
Research, and the British Association. The report concluded with 
- asuitable reference to the services which Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, 
F.LS., the retiring President, had rendered the Union, of which he 
was one of the oldest members, and mentioned that he was to be 
succeeded in that office by so distinguished an ornithologist and 
traveller as Mr. Henry Seebohm, a native of Sheffield. The reports 
having been discussed and unanimously La the excursion 
programme for 1893 was agreed upon, as follows 
May 22nd, Whit Monday—Aysgarth. 
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Aug. 7th, Bank Holiday Monday—Sawley Abbey. 
Sep. 6th and 7th, Vener? and Thursday—Howden (Fungus Foray oe 
Excursion). 
* Tt was decided to hold the next Annual Meeting at | Skipton, 0 on 
Tuesday, November 14th, 1893, in response to a coer ins vitation 
_ from the Craven Naturalists’ Association, presented by Messrs. 
R. H. Tiddeman, M.A., F.G.S., and J. J. Wilkinson. 
The election of officers was then proceeded with. The retiring 
honorary secretaries, honorary librarian, and executive were all 
- te-elected. The Committees of Research were also re-elected, with __ 
» oe oe, Messrs. J. Ww. Seether and F. FB ‘Walton tae eo 
