YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



The Annual Meeting 



Will be held in tlie VICTORIA HALL, YORK, 



On SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15th,|1881^ 



At 5 p.m. 



The President— PROF WILLIAMSON, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Tea will be provided in one of the Rooms of the Hall, at 4 p.m. 



In the Evening the ANNUAL SOIREE will be heldlntE"e^arge HaU of 

 the same building, when 



The LORD MAYOR OF YORK 



Will preside, and 



PEOF. WILLIAMSON will give the Annual Address. 



subject: — 



"THE MODERN STUDY OF BOTANICAL SCIINCE.» 



All members having Microscopes, or other suitable objects of interest, 

 are earnestly requested to exhibit ; and to send particulars of what they will 

 show, on or before January 8th, to the Local Secretary, Mr. Wm. Pkest, 

 13 Holgate Road, York. 



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