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mycologists having been made, and the details as to time and place were 

 left to be fixed by a small committee. The annual meeting was fixed for 

 York, 15th January, 1881. Proceeding to the election of general officers 

 for 1880, Dr. Sorby proposed as his successor in the presidential chair, 

 Prof. W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., of the Owens College, Manchester — a 

 Yorkshireman by birth and descent — stating that Prof. Williamson had 

 consented to stand. The nomination was supported by several members, 

 and received with enthusiasm by the meeting, The two secretaries (Mr. 

 Geo. Brook, ter., F.L.S, F.R.M.S., of Huddersfield, and Mr. W. 

 Denison Roebuck, of Leeds) were unanimously re-elected ; and Messrs. 

 A. Crebbin of Bradford, and C. W. Richardson of Wakefield, were also 

 re-appointed auditors. It was then resolved that a class of honorary life 

 members be created, for the reception of men of eminent scientific 

 attainments who may have rendered signal service to the Union ; and 

 that their number be limited to twenty, of whom not more than two 

 to be elected in one year. Dr. H. Franklin Parsons, F.G.S., late of 

 Goole, was unanimously selected as the first of these honorary members, 

 and afterwards a code of rules regulating future elections agreed to. 

 Votes of thanks for the use of the rooms, to the auditors, the secretaries, 

 and the president, brought the meeting to a close — the president, in 

 reply to the vote, stating that the experience of the Geological Society 

 of London was against the tenure of the presidency for more than a 

 limited term by one individual. Tea was served at .5-30 p.m., and at 7 

 p.m. an adjournment was made to the Victoria Hall for the delivery of 

 the presidential address, the remainder of the evening being devoted to 

 the Annual Microscopic Soiree of the Huddersfield Literary and Scientific 

 Society. The soiree was most brilliant and successful, and passed off well 

 in every respect, the Union being much indebted to their Huddersfield 

 constituents for so enjoyable a pendant to their annual meeting. About 

 sixty microscopes were shown, from all parts of the West Riding, and 

 the attendance was very crowded. Other attractions were provided, in 

 the form of electrical experiments by Mr. H. Marriott of Huddersfield, 

 a lecture on Vortex Atoms," with experiments, by Mr. C. Bothamley, 

 of Leeds, paintings of butterfiies by Mr. S. L. Mosley of Huddersfield, 

 glass models of marine invertebrata, kinematic diagrams by Mr. 

 Washington Teasdale of Leeds, and drawings of the battledore scales of 

 butterfiies by Mr. G. Brook, ter., F.L.S. The soiree was opened at 

 seven o'clock by Mr. Geo. Jarmain, F.I.C., president of the Huddersfield 

 Literary and Scientific Society. Dr. Sorby then delivered his annual 

 address to the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, taking for his subject The 

 Structure and Origin of Limestones," afterwards illustrating his remarks 

 by microscopic sections of those rocks. A vote of thanks to him was 

 proposed by the Mayor of Huddersfield, seconded by Mr. Hobkirk, and 

 carried unanimously, after which the company proceeded to the inspection 

 of the numerous objects of interest shown. — W. D. R. 



