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SECRETARY'S BEPOBT. 
Your Committee consider it very desirable that Local Sec- 
retaries should be appointed in all the principal centres of 
population in the county, and they will be much gratified 
by the receipt of suggestions which may lead to the accom- 
plishment of this object. 
Our usual annual excursion this year was given up to 
enable a third meeting for papers and discussion to be held. 
It has been suggested that a field-day, in addition to the 
three meetings for ordinary business, should be set apart in 
the coming year. 
It is with great regret that we have to record the death 
of seven of our members, namely, Henry Brown, of Daisy 
Hill, Bradford ; James Brown, Eossington ; J. 0. Carr, 
Barnsley; Jno. Jeffcock, Sheffield; Lord Milton; Bentley 
Shaw, Woodfield, Huddersfield ; and Sir Titus Salt, Bart., 
Saltaire. Mr. Bentley Shaw was one of the oldest members 
of the Society, and has always taken much interest in its pro- 
ceedings. Latterly, for several years, he has held the office 
of Local Secretary for Huddersfield. His death is recorded 
with much sorrow ; it w T ill be long ere the Society forgets 
his many acts of kindness and thoughtful care. 
The Society continues to exchange Proceedings with 
several other learned societies at home and abroad, a list of 
which is appended; and these reports are always available 
for the use of the members of the Society. 
List of Societies whose Proceedings are forwarded to the 
Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society : — 
Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Society. 
Warwickshire Natural History Society. 
Royal Society of Tasmania. 
Royal Dublin Society. 
Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 
