JGankfiClD iTRUSCUni (where the Meetings will beheld), was formerly the residence 
of the late Edward Ackroyd, Esq. It was acquired by the ffalifax 
Corporation and converted into a Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, 
and the grounds into a public park. 
The Exhibits at Bankfield Museum consist mainly of specimens repre- 
senting Ethnology, Local History and Numismatics. For a provincial town 
the ethnological collections are very good, and the local historical collections are 
very fair, arousing considerable interest. The numismatic collections 
are still in course of arrangement. Art is only slightly represented and this 
chiefly by the loan collections from South Kensington. The Hon. Curator 
(Mr. H. Ling Roth), has kindly promised to guide visitors round the museum 
in the course of the afternoon and evening. 
B Selection of Drawings ant> ipboto(irapbs to Illustrate Decoration 
in Xocal domestic Brcbitecture from /IRe^ia:val tlinies to tbe 
cnD of tbe I7tb century. (Room n). 
Mr. H. P. Kendall writes : — The parish of Halifax is rich in examples of 
ancient Halls of a type peculiar to the district, many of which, whilst retaining 
the timbers of a Medireval building were cased with stone in the first half of 
the 17th century. 
In the Medi:eval ]:)eriod the internal walls were frequently decorated by 
designs, more or less imaginative, a survival and imitation of the tapestry of 
the preceding period. This was followed by panelling in oak and moulding in 
plaster of a highly decorative character, in which a shield of Arms usually 
forms the principal feature. This form of decoration was particularly favoured 
during the Stuart Regime, and many fine examples are still preserved in old 
houses in the Parish. 
Cramwaps information. 
Electric Cars leave Union Stieet (three minutes walk from Railway 
Station) at every quarter of the hour for Boothtown and Queensbury. \'isitors 
must ask to be set down at " Bankfield." Cars pass Bankfield to town two 
minutes after each quarter of the hour and occupy about eigiit minutes. Fare 
id. J|)Orll Cafe is two minutes walk from the Union Street terminus and 
one minute from G P.O. 
IRailwap ^rime:=^rabie. 
Trains leave Halifax (Horlon Street Station), for : — 
f Darlington and Scarborough, 8-15 p.m. 
Lancashire Hull, York, 8-15, 9-18. 
and Leeds, 9-15, 9-43, 10-51. 
Yorkshire. Bradford, 9-43, 10- 18, 10-51. 
. Hebden Bridge, 9-31, 10-38. 
G X R ■) '^^^'"s leave North Bridge Station for all stations to 
Bradford and Keighley, 8-57, 10-26. 
selection of Zen B^J^itional /iftembers of General Committee 
Yoting papers are not sent out this year, but members may vote by post- 
card addressed to the Secretarv, making their choice from the List of Members. 
NEW MEMBERS. — A special effort is being made to get a good list of new 
members for tlie Halifax Meeting'. Towards this the Hon. Secretary would be 
glad to receive the enclosed form duly filled in. The Subscription is 10/6 
jK-r annum, and members receive tiie Naturalist, Tra)isactions, etc., free. The new 
vf)lume of the Nalitralist, commences on January ist. 
