Reports of 



mencedj under the able editorship 

 of Mr. C. P. Hobkirk and Mr. 

 Geo. T. Porritt, F. L. S. Five 

 numbers have already been issued, 

 and it is hoped that by the combined 

 assistance of the various Natural- 

 ists' Societies in the West Riding, 

 the journal may be made a per- 

 manent success. For a long while 

 the Society has wanted something 

 in which to store local specimens. 

 A cabinet was suggested, and the 

 patrons were appealed to for 

 pecuniary assistance, and they most 

 generously came forward and de- 

 frayed the entire cost of the cabinet. 

 The following is a list of the 

 donors : — The Right Hon. the 

 Marquis of Ripon ; The Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Dartmouth ; L. R. 

 Starkey, Esq., M. P. ; E. A. 

 Leatham, Esq., M. P. ; Thomas 

 Brooke, Esq., J. P. ; Wm. Brooke, 

 Esq., J. P. ; Alfred Beaumont, Esq. ; 

 Mr. Edwin Sykes, Mr. R. Jessop, 

 Mr. Ed. Taylor, Mr. J. Tindall, Mr. 

 H. Kaye, Mr. Wm. Milner. Now 

 it only remains for members to 

 stock the cabinet. Much has 

 already been done, and it is to be 

 hoped that in another year the 

 cabinet will form a good represen- 

 tative of local flora and fauna. 

 The meetings of the West Riding 

 Consolidated Society have been as 

 successful as ever, and more light 

 has been thrown on local species. 

 Finally, the committee sincerely 

 trust that the success which has 

 hitherto attended the operations of 

 this Society may still continue to 

 increase, so that before long more 

 commodious premises may be 

 obtained. The election of officers 

 then took place, and resulted as 



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follows :— president, Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S. ; vice-presidents, 

 Mr. 0. P. Hobkirk and Mr. Joseph 

 Tindall ; treasurer, Mr. George 

 Liversedge ; hon. corresponding 

 secretary, Mr. Geo. Brook, jun. ; 

 financial secretary, Mr. E. Porritt ; 

 librarian, Mr. E. Taylor ; curator, 

 Mr. J. Conacher ; and nine mem- 

 bers of committee. — Mr. Hobkirk 

 presented a fine collection of 

 botanical specimens. — G. Brook, 

 Hon. Sec. 



The Leeds Naturalists' Club 

 AND Scientific Association. — 

 196th Meeting, Nov. 24th, 1875.— 

 This was a specially convened 

 general meeting of the Society, to 

 consider its laws. It was resolved 

 that the whole of the existing laws 

 be repealed, and a new code was 

 substituted. 



197th Meeting, Dec. 1st, the 

 president in the chair.— Mr. Thos. 

 Fairley, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., Public 

 Analyst to the Borough of Leeds, 

 delivered a most interesting lecture 

 on Some of the Elements con- 

 sidered as Compounds." Having 

 sketched the history of the idea of 

 molecules of the elements as dis- 

 tinct from atoms, he showed how 

 that idea might be further applied 

 to the explanation of many pheno- 

 mena hitherto not understood. 

 The lecture, which was illustrated 

 with experiments, was most in- 

 structive and interesting. A very 

 animated discussion followed. 



198th Meeting, Dec. 15th, the 

 president in the chair. Mr. Fredk. 

 Greenwood, M.R.C.S.E., resident 

 curator of the Leeds School of 

 Medicine, read a paper on ^' The 



