For those members who would like to drive to Baldersby Park and walk b5.ck 
a limited number of seats in conveyances may be arranged for if early application is 
made to Mr. Fortune. 
PERMISSION to visit their properties has been kindly granted by Viscount 
Downe, Lord Leconfield, the Marquis of Ripon, John Brennard, Esq., B. A. 
Woode, Esq., and Marmaduke Furness, Esq. 
GEOLOGY. — The geological section will be officially represented by Mr. 
Cosmo Johns and Mr. E. Hawkesworth. 
Mr. T. Carter Mitchell, F.S.A., writes in the 1891 circular : — ** In consequence 
of a very extensive double fault which occurred after the deposit of the chalk, and 
which reaches from the east coast to the magnesian limestone a few miles north of 
Ripon, the Lias formation still remains unremoved by denudation as far westward 
as the district which is to be investigated, whereas on both sides of the fault, the 
Trias extends some miles further to the east before it underlies the Lias. I am 
aware that on the geological Ordnance Map the line which is supposed to mark 
the southern boundary of the fault passes close to Asenby village, but I have 
reasons for thinking this wrong, as I have found Lias fossils considerably south of 
this line, and I am informed that in boring for water on the hill near Cundall 
Vicarage, the Lias was found to underlie this at considerable depth. 
The district which is to be searched is one which should yield a diversity of 
objects of interest, as it lies on the borderland where the Keuper sandstones of the 
Trias meet the limestones and the shales of the Lias, the two formations being 
separated by a narrow belt of the Rheetic beds, which are the passage beds between 
the two, and partake of the character of both, but are generally considered by 
geologists to belong to the Trias. 
At Asenby Gravel Pits, about half a mile up the river, a good section of the 
moraine is to be seen. The great variety of rocks from which the gravel was derived 
is well worth noticing. They range from iSilurian to New Red Sandstone inclusive, 
and are interspersed with pieces of Shap granite, and other igneous rocks. In one 
part of the narrow road between the gravel hill and the river, is seen a section of 
the Lias rock "m sitzc,'-'' but much ground and shattered by the glacier which crept 
over it. A mile further on at Asenby stream, a good section of the Lower Lias 
may b2 seen again underlying a hill of sandy gravel. At Holme Banks, a wood 
running along the river side, between Baldersby Park and Baldersby Church, there 
is an outcrop of new red sandstone. From the Lias limestone, where it forms the 
bed of the Swale at Asenby stream, I have obtained many fossils, including Lima, 
Ostrea, and other Lamellibranchs, a small Crustacean, Pentacrinite stems, 
Serpulae, etc. On the opposite side of the Swale to the Asenby Gravel Pits, are 
•some remarkable earthworks." 
BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by the 
President, Mr. W. G. Smith, Ph.D. 
Flowering Plants. — Dr. Smith writes : — Botanical Survey : Special atten- 
tion should be paid t® the distribution of vegetation in the Carrs of the District, 
which are now the only vestiges of what existed over much of the vale of York. 
In the 90th Circular will be found a long list of plants by Mr. Foggitt, 
of Thirsk. 
Mosses and Hepatics. — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 
officially represented by Mr. W. Ingham, B.A. 
Mr. Ingham writes : — The best ground for these plants is Leckby Carr, 
which, although it has been affected by drainage, still produces some rare and 
interesting plants. At a visit in 1898, the following were found : — 
Hepatics : — Cephalozia fluitans, C. cojtnivens, JMylia taylori, Loppocolea 
heterophylla, and Lophozia ventricosa. 
Sphagna : — S. viediiim, v. roseo-pallescens (very rare), S. cymbifolium v. 
glauceacetii, S. lectirvum v. Diucronahim^ and .5". rubellum v. pallescens (very rare). 
Mosses : — Tetraphis pellucida in fruit, Dicranella ce7viculata, Campyloptis 
pyriformis in fruit, Eucalypta vulgaris, Webera nutans v. longiseta, Mnium 
affine, and Aulacomnium androgymun. The C. fluitans was growing with the 
rare Phanerogam, Drosera anglica. 
Fungi. — The ^'orkshire Mycological Committee will be officially represented 
by Messrs. Crossland, F. L.S. ,W.N.Cheesman, C. H. Broadhead, andH. C. Hawley. 
Mr. Crossland writes that several Spring species of Fungi may be found. 
There are few or no records for the district. 
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 
represented by the President, Mr. R. Fortune, F.Z.S., and two of the Secretaries, 
' Messrs. Booth, M.B O-U.^ and Parkin. 
