47^ REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



by lack of the necessary means. If it were more generally 

 realised that the Natural History Society is endeavouring to 

 discharge what is now usually a municipal function, and that 

 to this fact its difficulties are due, it could hardly fail to obtain 

 more widespread support in the district. In view of the 

 position of the finances, it is by no means satisfactory to have 

 to report a further decrease in the membership. Fifteen new 

 Members and two Associates have joined the Society ; but the 

 loss by death and resignation has considerably more than 

 counterbalanced this accession, and the year closed with a 

 total membership (inclusive of Honorary Members, Associates, 

 and former Members of the Field Club) of 422, or a loss of 

 eleven on the year. 



New Members Elected from July, 1905, to June, 1906. 



W. F. Allden, Elrafield Road, Gosforth. 



B. Amsden, LL.B., B.A., B.Sc, 63, Westgate Road, New- 

 castle. 



T. H. Atkinson, Eilans Gate, Hexham. 



Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon, Ridley Hall, Haydon Bridge. 



Hereward S. Brackenbury, Benwell Lodge, Newcastle. 



William Ferguson, St. Thomas' Place, Newcastle. 



G. P. Hughes, J.P., F.R.G.S., Middleton Hall, Wooler. 



Miss M. V. Lebour, B.Sc, Radcliffe House, Corbridge. 



Mrs. Ridley Makepeace, 30, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle. 



Mrs. M. A. Robson, 6, Collingwood Terrace, Newcastle. 



J. J. Robson, Henshelwood Terrace, Jesmond. 



J. S. Smirk, 16, Clayton Street West, Newcastle. 



Miss M. H. Thompson, 74, Warrington Road, Newcastle. 



Norman M. Thornton, Seaton Burn. 



George Weddell, North Cottage, Adderstone Crescent, 

 Newcastle. 



Associates. 



R. S. Bagnall, F.E.S., The Groves, Winlaton. 



Ernest E. Patterson, 311, Scotswood Road, Newcastle. 



