IV. B.— The Railway Booking eierks will only grant these reduced 
fares to Members and dissociates producing a Special Certificate 
signed by the Secretary of the Union. Members and Associates 
wishing for this Certificate must apply to Mr. Sheppard for it, 
and must enclose a stamped directed envelope and their current 
card of membership of the Union, which latter will be returned 
with the Certificate. T\t stations on the N.E. Rly. tickets at the 
reduced fares will be issued on production of the signed card of 
membership. 
WEEK-END HEADQUARTERS.— At ihc King's Anns, Askrigg. Terms, 
8/- per (lay for bed, breakfast, sandwirlies for lunch, and dinner, including at- 
tendance. The accomniodation heing limited, and the hotels full al Whitsuntide, 
i«)(^ms should be ordered without delax'. 
BOOKS AND MAPS. — The whole area is included in Sheets 40 and $0 
{formerly 97 N.W. and 97 SAV.) of the one inch Survey. Both sheets are to be 
had geologically coloured. \'ol. II, of Phillip's classical work on the " Cieology 
of N'orkshire," should be consulted for detailed particulars, diagrams, and 
sections of the " Yoredale Series of Rocks" of the district, Phillips having adopted the 
ujiper end of Wensleydale as a general standard of reference for this inteiesting grou}). 
Dr. Percival compiled a^Flora of Wensleydale for the "Naturalist " in 1888, after- 
wards separately jiublished. Baker's "North N'orkshire " contains geological and 
botanical information. A list of Wensleydale Birds, by E. Cha])man, will be found 
in the "Naturalist" for 1886. Mr. W. Dennison Roebuck gave a resume of his 
I- ield Nt)tes on Conchology in the same publication for 1S83. Canon Whaley's 
History i)f Askrigg and Bainbridge may be usefully referred to, and so also may 
Mr. Speight's History of " Richmondshire." The Excursion Circular of the Meeting 
at Ilawes in June, 1884, when much of the same ground was gone over, should be 
read. Copies may be obtained from the Secretarx', ])rice 2d. each. Reprints of 
the "Flora of Wensleydale" can be had from the Secretary at 6(1. each. 
ROUTE FOR SATURDAY.— All parties start from Askrigg station, at 
II- 30 a.m., for the investigation of WMiitfield Cill, the waterfalls (69 and 50 feet), 
and the fells l)eyond. 
MONDAY'S ROUTE. — Kaydale side and Semmerwater. Conveyances at 2/- 
per head will be provided for those who desire to ride the intervening four 
miles. 
PERMISSION to visit their estates has been kindly granted by Mr. J. E. 
Kiley, Mr. T. .Stewart, and Mr. Fothergill. 
It being the nesting season, members are particularly re(juested not to 
disturb the i)heasants, grouse, and other game, especially in the woods and 
grounds about Semmerwater. 
Mr. W. Balderston and Mr. J. E. Lodge, of \'orebridge House, who are 
.ir(|uainted with the District, will be present to assist in the Excursions. 
GEOLOGY. — The Geological Section will be officially represented by its 
Secretary, Mr. Cosmo Johns, F.C.S.. who writes : — To Yorkshire geologists no 
<listrict should be more interesting than that of the classic N'oredales. The interest, 
too, has not ceased, for there yet remains much to be done towards determining the 
character and se(|uence of the vast series of earth movements which, commencing 
towards the cK)se of the Silurian period, cidminated in the Car])oniferous, and 
ultimately decided the present ])hysical geography of \'orkshire. The conclusion of 
Mr, W. Tiddeman that the Craven fault was progressive and in o})era'i()n during the 
Carboniferous period indicates the lines on which the investigation should be made. 
It was owing to this differential subsidence that the striking difference in the fades 
«)f the Carboniferous rocks north and south of the Craven l^aull is due. At Askrigg 
we are in a district that was relatively stable. A gently intermittent subsidence led 
io the deposition of the alternating beds of limestone, shale, and sandstone which 
are represented further south by the massive limestone of Derbyshire. The 
increasing importance of Dynamical (reology should not be overlooked, and it is 
not imi)ossible that the evidence furnished in the north will supply the key to the 
