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I?KCORDS OF MEETINGS. 
Tlie minutes of the previous Council Meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
Letters of regret for non-attendance were read from Messrs. 
W. Simpson. J. E. Bedford. J. W. Stather. E. D. Wellburn. and 
J. T. Atkinson. 
Arrangements for holding the Annual Meeting at the George 
Hotel. Harrogate, were made. 
It was decided to take a Field Excursion on the morning 
of the day of the Annual Meeting, to view Cayton Gill and the 
Gorge of the Xidd at Knaresborough. 
The names of Officers and Council were considered, and a list 
of nominations was adopted and ordered to be sent to the 
members. 
The Treasurer made a ]:)rief financial statement. 
The following account was passed for payment : — 
£ s. d. 
F. Carter (stationer3^ circulars, and maps) 8 17 0 
Resolved that £12 12s. be transferred from the Capital 
Account to the General Account. 
Applications were made for the loan of blocks from the 
Proceedings by Mr. J. W. Stather. for the Hull Geological Society, 
to illustrate an abstract of Mr. Croft's paper on the Alexandra 
Dock Extension, and by Mr. T. Sheppard for blocks on the East 
Riding to illustrate his book on the Geology of the Yorkshire Coast. 
It was resolved to grant these applications on the condition 
that proper acknowledgment was made in the text of the papers, 
and that, in the case of ])liotograplis. tlie ])ermission of the 
photographer was obtained. 
A letter was read from Earl Fitzwilliam. acknowledging 
the vote of sympathy of the Council on the death of the late 
Earl Fitzwilliam. K.G.. and accepting the position of Vice- 
President of the Society in the place of his grandfather. 
In answer to an inquiry of the Hon. Secretary, permission 
was given him to supply back numbers of the Proceedings to 
members desiring to complete their sets, at half price. 
It was decided to hold a Spring General Meeting at Leeds, 
in conjunction with the Council Meeting. General Meetings and 
Field Excursions at Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Cromer, and the 
Annual Meeting at Hull. 
