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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 
The following- were elected for 1906 : — 
Chairman — Mr. G. Massee. 
Convener — Mr. C. Crossland. 
Representative on Executive — Mr. C. Crossland. 
Other Members — Rev. W. Fowler, Liversedge ; Harold Wager^ 
F.R.S., Leeds ; Alfred Clarke, Huddersfield ; W. N. Chees- 
man, Selby ; Thos. Gibbs, Wirksworth ; J. W. H. Johnson,. 
Dewsbury ; J. W. Sutcliffe, Halifax ; C. H. Broadhead, 
Thongsbridge. 
Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Carboniferous Rocks 
Committee. — Mr. Kidston writes that during the past year the 
work of the Committee has been carried on, and some additions 
have been made to the Carboniferous Flora, particulars of which 
will be published later. The work of this Committee (formerly 
known as the Yorkshire Fossil Flora Committee) has been 
extended, so as to include the investigation of the mollusca, &c.,. 
of the Carboniferous Rocks. 
The following were elected for 1906 : — 
Chairman and Convener — R. Kidston, F. R.S., Stirling. 
Representative on Executive and on Committee of Suggestions — 
J. E. Wilson, Ilkley. 
Other Members — Robert Law, Hipperholme ; W. West, Brad- 
ford ; C. Bradshaw, Sheffield ; P. F. Kendall, Leeds ;, 
Cosmo Johns, Sheffield ; G. Grace, Doncaster ; H. Culpin, 
Doncaster ; S. Nettleton, Ossett ; E. E. Gregory, Bingley ; 
A. Jordan, Doncaster ; L. Glauert, Sheffield ; Wheelton 
Hind, Stoke-on-Trent ; W^alcot Gibson, London. 
Geological PhotogTaphs Committee.— Mr. A. J. Stather, 
the Secretary, reports that an excellent year's work has been 
accomplished by this Committee, about eighty photographs having 
been added to the Union's Collection, particulars of which appear 
in the January " Naturalist." 
The following were elected for 1906 : — 
Chairman — Prof. P. F. Kendall, Leeds. 
Convener — A. J. Stather, Hull. 
Representative on Executive — Rev. W. Lower Carter, Hopton. 
Representative on Committee of Suggestions — Godfrey Bingley,. 
Leeds. 
Other Members — J. J. Burton, Nunthorpe ; H. H. Corbett^ 
Doncaster. 
Coast Erosion Committee. — During the year the erosion 
of the East Coast has been excessively severe. The exceptionally 
high tides of September and October last played great havoc in 
