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of the permanent members of that Committee, besides delegates repre- 

 senting the Societies at Huddersfield^ Barnsley, Heckmondwike, Wake- 

 field, Holmfirth, Liversedge, Ovenden, Rastrick-cum-Brighouse, Honley, 

 Leeds (3), Bradford (3), Goole, Selby, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Malton, 

 Halifax, Doncaster, Beverley, York, Ilkley, and Shipley. The chair was 

 occupied by the President, Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S. The minutes of 

 the previous annual meeting having been taken as read, the following 

 new members of the Union were elected : — Rev. H. E. Fox, M.A., of 

 Durham, Messrs. F. Priestman, ex-mayor of Bradford, Thos. Pratt of 

 Ripon, J. Rawlinson Ford of Leeds, A. Paterson of Doncaster, Arthur 

 Roberts of Keighley, Henry Marsh of Leeds, W. E. Brady and George 

 Rose of Barnsley, and J. A. Erskine Stuart, of Staincliffe, near Dews- 

 bury. The ten following members were then chosen as additional perman- 

 ent members of the General Committee : — Messrs. J. C Burrell of Shef- 

 field, W. N. Cheesman of Selby, J. E. Clark, B.A., B.Sc, &c., and Geo. 

 C. Dennis of York, IST. F. Dobree and J. Ambrose Ridgway, F.R.A.S., of 

 Beverley, W. Gregson of Baldersby, J. H. Rowntree of Scarborough, 

 M. B. Slater of Malton, and J. J. Stead of Heckmondwike. The Annual 

 Report and Balance Sheet were then read by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, 

 F.L.S., of Leeds, one of the Secretaries, as follows : — 



22nd ANNUAL EEPOET. 



The progress of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union during this the 22nd year 

 of its existence has been steady and well-sustaiaed, and the Executive Council 

 have to congratulate the members on the fact that the new constitution which 

 was adopted at the last annual meeting has worked in an extremely satisfactory 

 manner. The modifications which it introduced were mainly in the direction 

 of the further development of the British Association principle of government, 

 and it is to one of these modifications that the Executive Council, which now 

 addresses the members for the first time, owes its existence. Ihey have to 

 report that one of the Union's objects has been promoted during the year 

 by means of the pablication of the two instalments of the Transactions, and 

 the other by a successful series of field-meetings, at which (as will appear by 

 the reports of the Sections) sound and useful observational work has been done. 



THE FIELD MEETINGS 



held during the year — for each of which was prepared the customary circular 

 descriptive of the natural history and physical features of the neighbourhood 

 visited— were five in number, one for each of the districts into which Yorkshire 

 is now divided for this purpose. The places visited were as follows : — 



Doncaster, Whit Monday, May 14th. 

 Filey, Monday, June 11th. 

 Strensall C-oramon, Saturday, July 14th. 

 Washburn Valley, Monday, August 6th. 

 Malham, Saturday, September 1st. 



