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Ripon Katuralists' Club and Scientific Association, with 98 meniberSy 

 and the Ilkley Scientific Club, with about 30 or 40 members — were 

 admitted into the Union. The list of new subscribers to the Union funds 

 included the names of Wm. Vinson of St. Leonards, Thos. Carter and Dr. 

 W. Paley of Ripon, A. J. Read, B. A., and J.J. Hummel, F.C.S., of 

 Leeds, J. Firth and James Terry of Bradford, Rev. E. J. Barry, H. J. 

 Robinson-Pease, J. P., John Ellis, Geo. R. Davison and R. P. Cherry of 

 Beverley, and Dr. Geo. Mundie (lately president of the Eastboarne 

 N. H. S.) of Hessle. Thanks were voted to them, also to the Beverley 

 society for their very excellent arrangements for the meeting, and to the 

 landowners who had given permission in respect of their estates. Mr. 

 J. A. Ridgway, the president of the Beverley Society, replied, making 

 mention of the hearty way in whish the local secretary (Mr. J. Darker 

 Butterell) had performed his task. It was then resolved unanimously, on 

 the proposition of the chairman, seconded by the Rev. E. Maule Cole, 

 M.A., That this meeting of members of the Y.N.U. desires to place on 

 record its deep sense of the great loss that natural science has sustained 

 by the death of Charles Darwin." It was also resolved unanimously, on 

 the motion of Mr. Roebuck, seconded by Mr. Ridgway, that the Y.N.U., 

 on the occasion of the death of Mr. Wm. Talbot, of Wakefield, who was 

 one of its virtual founders, and has ever since taken an active share in its 

 proceedings, and a lively interest in its welfare, desires to express its 

 sense of the loss which it sustains by his death, and its sympathy with 

 his family." The sectional reports were then given as follows : — The 

 Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A. (secretary), reported for the Geological 

 Section. The geological party, under the guidance of the secretary, 

 drove to Riplingham Grange, where they reached the tunnel being con- 

 structed under the chalk wolds for the Hull and Barnsley Railway. Mr. 

 G. Bohn, the engineer, had kindly given a pass, so the party proceeded 

 to explore the cuttings. The first object of interest was a bed of dark 

 slate and drab-coloured shales, lying at the base of the white chalk with 

 flints, and above the grey chalk. It was fully a yard in depth, being 

 much thicker than hitherto met with. Below the grey flintless chalk, 

 the red chalk was exposed in several places, with characteristic fossils, 

 Terebratula biplicata and Belemnites minimus. Some of this chalk had 

 been changed into red clay. Then appeared the Kimeridge clay, with 

 the usual belemnites, and selenite. The next feature in the cuttings 

 was a fine exposure of Kelloway rock, bristling with fossils of 

 Gryphsea dilatata. This was soon followed by a limestone ridge 

 composed of millepore limestone, belonging to the lower oolites, 

 and this in turn was succeeded by the dogger, resting on lias. Mr. 

 Fred. Boyes,, of Beverley (who had taken charge of the section in 

 the absence of its officers) reported that, in vertebrate zoology, the 

 chief attention had been paid to birds, of which 51 species had been 

 seen, the most noteworthy of which were the hawfinch at Westv/ood, the 

 black-headed bunting (and eggs) at Swinemoor, the whimbrel, &c. No 



