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SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
During the past year very successful meetings have been 
held at Barnsley and Driffield, the present meeting at Skip- 
ton making the third. The Driffield meeting extended over 
two days, and excursions were made under the guidance of 
Sir C. Strickland, Bart., and Rev. E. M. Cole, to various 
points of interest in the wolds. The thanks of the Society 
are due to those gentlemen, as well as to Messrs. G. J. and 
A. R. Kell, who assisted materially in the success of the 
meeting at Barnsley, for their services. 
The number of members continues to steadily increase ; 
22 having been added during the year, the number now on 
our books is 207. Last year the number was 188. At the 
annual meeting in 1876, the number was 115. 
Four gentlemen have accepted the office of Vice-Presi- 
dent, viz., Lord F. Cavendish, Sir C. W. Strickland, Bart., 
Thos. Shaw, Esq., J. P., Deputy- Lieut, for the West Riding, 
and W. Morrison, and we regret to state that Jno. Water- 
house, Esq., F.R.S., who has long been a Vice-President, has 
been removed from that office by death. 
The Council are very desirous to extend the work of the 
Society in the North Riding. Hitherto little has been done 
in that direction, but it is hoped that a meeting may be 
arranged at some town in the northern part of the county 
during next year. The marked success attending the 
Society's meetings in the Eastern Division of the county 
lead us to hope that a similar response may be made in the 
north. 
The success of the Society depends to a much larger ex- 
tent than may be imagined on the exertions of gentlemen 
who have accepted the office of Local Secretary in various 
