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THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION 

 AT SALTBURN. 



The opening meeting of the year 1887 was fixed for Saltburn-by-the 

 Sea on Whit-Monday, the 30th of May, and was well attended by 

 members and associates. Two lines of route were marked out — 

 one along the coast, in which ornithologists and geologists co- 

 operated : while the other, which pursued the course of the Skelton 

 Beck from Guisborough to Saltburn, commanded the attention of the 

 numerous botanists, the few entomologists, and the unusually strong 

 array of conchologists All joined in the afternoon at the Parochial 

 Hall, which the vicar and churchwardens had kindly placed at the 

 Union's disposal. 



After tea and the usual sectional meetings, the general meeting 

 was opened at 6 o'clock, the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., vice- 

 president, in the chair. Time being short, the minutes were taken 

 as read. Two new societies — the Craven Naturalists' Association 

 (Skipton) and the Thirsk Natural History Society — were then 

 unanimously admitted into the Union. The list of new ^lembers, 

 who were then elected, included the Rev. A. St. Clair R. Brooke 

 (Slingsby Rectory), Mr. A. Craig-Christie, F.L.S. (secretary of the 

 Scottish Natural History Club, Edinburgh), Mr. Charles Crossland 

 (Halifax), :^rr. E. B. Emerson, B.A., J-P- (Redcar), :\Ir. Aid. John 

 Hill (Morley), Mr. Baker Hudson, M.C.S. (Redcar), Rev. J. H. 

 Mackie, M.A. (Sedbergh), ]\Ir. J. B. ^Manning (Governor of H.M. 

 Prison, Wakefield), -Mr.\[. ^L Meek (Redcar), Mr. W. H. S. Pyman 

 (Whitby), Mr. William Robinson (Sedbergh), Mr. Frank Rowntree 

 (York), Mr. Thomas Tate, F.G.S. (Leeds), ^Ir. ].\V. AAatson (Redcar), 

 and Rev. Arthur AVatts, F.R.G.S., F.G.S. (Bede College, Durham). 

 The roll of societies in the Union was then called, showing that 

 representatives from twelve of them (Cleveland, Driffield, Harrogate, 

 Hull, Leeds (four societies), ]\Ialton, Practical N.S., Ripon, and 

 York) were present. It was then resolved that !Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, 

 F.L.S., Dewsbury, be requested to represent the Union at the 

 ^Manchester meeting of the British Association. It was resolved 

 next, on the motion of ]\Ir. Clarke, seconded by Mr. J. C. I'Anson, 

 F.G.S., that the Kendal Natural History Society be invited to take 

 part in the excursion to Sedbergh. It was then resolved, on the 

 motion of ]\Ir. Chas. Brownridge, F.G.S., Leeds, seconded by 'Mr. 

 S. Jefferson, Leeds, and supported by ^Ir. AA\ Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., 

 that the thanks of the Union be voted to Lord Zetland for 

 permission to visit his estates, to the Yicar and Churchwardens of 

 Saltburn for the use of their Parochial Hall, and to the gentlemen 

 who had led the various parties during the day. The sectional 



July 18S7. 



