FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, FOR I906. 
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Other Members — Rev. W. Fowler ; Harold Wager, F.R. S. ; 
Alfred Clarke ; W. N. Cheesman ; Thomas Gibbs ; C. H. 
Broadhead ; J. W. H. Johnson, B.Sc. ; and R. H. Philip. 
The Yorkshire Fossil Flora and Fauna Committee. 
Mr. R. Kidston, F.R.S., of Stirling, writes that so far as the 
fossil flora of Yorkshire is concerned the work of the committee is 
still being carried on, though he has not received much assistance 
since the last meeting. During the year some light has been 
thrown on the distribution of the Yorkshire Carboniferous flora, 
and a report for our Transactions is well in hand. 
Faiinal Report. — At the meeting of the General Committee 
of the Union in Bradford last year, permission was given to the 
Geological Section to extend the scope of the Fossil Flora Com- 
mittee, by including the Fauna of the Carboniferous rocks, and 
also to add new members to the committee. This was done at a 
subsequent meeting of the section, and several well-known workers 
in Carboniferous Geology were induced to join the Union and the 
committee. As a result, a considerable amount of work, most 
of it of pressing importance, has been accomplished, and if the 
Committee continues to receive the same measure of support that 
has been the case this year, it should be possible to record during 
the next few years useful contributions to the zonal classification 
of the Yorkshire Carboniferous rocks. Arrangements have been 
made by members of the Committee and their friends to carefully 
follow the sinking of several colliery shafts, with a view of de- 
termining the relative position of any marine fossiliferous bands 
in the coal-measures. The importance of this work cannot be 
over-estimated. The observations, will, of necessity, occupy 
much time, and rapid results should not be looked for. Other 
members of the committee have been engaged in working out the 
faunal succession in the Lower Carboniferous rocks, and a certain 
amount of progress has been made. It is hoped that next year 
work will be started on the Millstone Grit series, by members 
favourably located for work on this important series of rocks. 
Such a favourable report would not have been possible had it 
not been for the enthusiastic manner in which so many Yorkshire 
members of the committee have entered into the work, and the 
value of what has been accomplished has been enhanced by the 
gratifying assistance that has been rendered to the workers by Dr. 
Wheelton Hind, Mr. Walcot Gibson, and Dr. Arthur Vaughan. 
C.J. 
. The following were elected for 1907 : — 
Chairman and Convener — R. Kidston, F.R. S., Stirling. 
Representative on Executive^ — H. Culpin, Doncaster. 
Representative on Committee of Suggestions — Cosmo Johns, 
Sheffield. , 
