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"We have further to deplore the loss of one of our oldest 

 memhers, Mr. Joseph Blacklock, at the ripe age of 80. Mr. 

 Blacklock was elected a member of the Society and Committee 

 in 1846, and on the retirement of Mr. W. K. Loftus in 1848, 

 undertook the Secretaryship, which ho held for twenty years. 

 On the resignation of Mr. Ralph Brown he was appointed Hon. 

 Treasurer, which office he held with much advantage to the 

 Society till within a few years (1888), when, on account of 

 illness and increased physical infirmities, he was reluctantly 

 compelled to resign after having held these important offices in 

 succession for forty years. Though not a naturalist by pursuit, 

 and having no special scientific object in view, Mr. Blacklock was 

 from early life closely connected with all the older naturalists 

 of the district, sharing in their excursions and rambles and 

 associating with them in all their scientific meetings. In this 

 manner his services as Secretary became specially valuable to 

 the leading members of the Society, and his constant aim was 

 to promote the welfare of the Museum by a most careful atten- 

 tion to the financial department as well as to the general pro- 

 gress of the Society. In all his labours he was aided much by 

 the judicious advice of his near relative, Mr. Joshua Alder, and 

 by his constant contact with other leading and influential mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



Mr. John Rogerson was elected and became a member of the 

 Committee in 1848. Though engaged in business he took an 

 active interest in the proceedings of the Society and contributed 

 liberally to its funds. In 1887 he was elected a Yice-President 

 of the Society. 



Mr "William Maling was elected a member and served on the 

 Committee from 1870 till within a few years, when he was 

 elected a Vice-President. He was enthusiastically devoted to 

 Entomological pursuits for many years and formed not only a 

 good local collection of Lepidoptera but also an extensive Euro- 

 pean collection. 



Thomas "W. Embleton, Esq., of Methley, Leeds, became a 

 member soon after the formation of the Society in 1829, and was 

 at the time of his death in 1894 the oldest surviving member. 



