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SECRETARY S REPORT. 
The council recommend that Ed. Akroyd, Esq., who has been 
a member and a vice -president of the Society very many years, 
should be elected an honorary member of the Society, in accord- 
ance with Rule V. 
It is with much regret that the death of two of our members 
has to be announced, Mr. J. M. Barbour of Halifax, and the Rev. 
J. Fish, Rector of Hutton Ambo. 
Perhaps the most important step taken by the Society during 
the past year, has resulted from a decision of the council to investi- 
gate the contents of a cave or fissure at Raygill, in Lothersdale. 
The funds for this exploration have been subscribed independently 
and apart from those of the Society, and the work has now being 
going- on since the early part of June last. A special report on 
this subject will be presented at this meeting-, so that it will be 
unnecessary to enter into further details at present. 
The visits of the Society to York and Middlesbrough have 
resulted in the acceptance of the office of Local Secretary by the 
Rev. Thos. Adams, and Dr. W. Y. Veitch, respectively. The 
following is a complete list of the g-entlemen who occupy the 
position of Local Secretary, with the places which they represent. 
Barnsley 
Thos. Lister. 
Bradford 
Thos. Tate, F.G.S. 
Bridlington 
G. W. Lamplugh, F.G.S. 
Brigliouse 
T. W. Helliwell, 
Driffield 
Rev. E. M, Cole, 31. A., F.G.S., &o. 
Halifax 
W. Cash, F.G.S. 
Huddersfield ... 
Peace Sykes. 
Leeds 
J.E.Bedford. 
Mexbro' 
Rowland Gascoigne, F.G.S. 
Middlesbrough 
Dr. W. Y. Veitch 
Ripon 
Rev. J. S. Tute, M.A. 
Selby 
J. T. Atkinson. F.G.S. 
Sowerby Bridge 
J. Marshall. 
Thirsk 
Ed. Gregson. 
York 
Rev. Thos. Adams, M.A., F.G.S. 
Our Society is in communication with the following- learned 
Societies in^this country and abroad. An interchange of proceed- 
