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RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
Letters regretting non-attendance were read from Rev. E. 
Maule Cole, and Messrs. W. Simpson and J. T. Atkinson. 
Annual Meeting at Hull. — Subject to Dr. Tempest Anderson 
being able to lecture on the West Indian eruptions, October 22nd 
was selected for the meeting ; the place and time to be decided 
by the Secretary in conference with the Local Secretary. A visit 
to be paid to the Hull Municipal Museum, and an excursion to 
be arranged for Friday to Sewerby. 
The following papers were accepted : — 
Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, on " Land Shells in the Sewerby 
Beds." 
Messrs. Crofts and Kendall, on " Borings in the East 
Riding." 
Underground Waters Report by Mr. Dwerryhouse. 
The Secretary presented the annual report. 
Nominations were made for the Officers and Council, and 
the Secretary was instructed to send out a nomination form, 
as before, to each member. 
Meetings and Field Excursions for 1904. — Suggestions were 
made for a meeting at Leeds in February, with a lecture by 
Mr. Arthur W. Rowe, F.G.S.; a General Meeting at Bury or 
Blackburn ; and a General Meeting at Sedbergh ; the Annual 
Meeting to be at York. 
An excursion to the Isle of Man was suggested for 1905. 
The appointment of a Committee to co-operate with the 
B.A. Committee for the investigation of the beds at Kermington, 
the Mammaliferous deposits of the Vale of York, and the Sewerby 
beds, was discussed, and the matter was adjourned until the next 
Council Meeting. Correspondence was read between the Secre- 
tary, Mr. J. J. Wilkinson, and the Grassington Parish Council 
with respect to the condition and custody of the " Finds " 
collected from Grassington Moor by the Society's efforts, and 
entrusted to the care of the Parish Council. The following 
resolution was adopted : — " That the Council, having heard the 
