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secretary's report. 
Speight should be amalgamated, and placed in locked cases belonging 
to the Yorkshire Geological Society, under the complete control of 
trustees appointed by this Society. A suitable room was found in 
the Grassington Mechanics' Institute for the location of the cases, 
and your Council have pleasure in reporting that they consider that 
the safety of this interesting collection is now assured, and a proper 
basis established for future exploration work. Owing to the diffi- 
culty of ade(|uate superintendence it is not proposed to proceed w^ith 
the exploration any further at present, but steps will be taken to 
have a preliminary survey of several interesting parts of Grassington 
Moor made, with the view of ascertaining the exact plan of the com- 
plicated mounds existing there, and of determining the best localities 
for future operations. 
Steps have been taken by your Council during the year for the 
location of the Library of the Society in some central place easy of 
access. Overtures were made to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary 
Society for the use of a cupboard in their library, in which the books 
owned by this Society could be deposited on loan. That application 
has been considered and agreed to by the Leeds Philosophical Society, 
and this forms another link in the bond of union which has for so 
many years united the two Societies together. 
The Council much regi-et to have to record the loss by death of 
one of our Honorary Members, Professor Williamson, F.R.S., and also 
of the loss of two of the Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Richard Carter, 
J.P., F.G.S., and Thomas W. Tew, J. P., who took a great interest in 
the w^ork of our Society. Mr. Carter, as a member of the Council for 
many years, was especially active in forAvarding the interests of the 
Society, and the loss of his genial presence and weighty influence 
will be regretfully felt by his fellow-workers. 
The officers are glad to be able to report that the Society is in a 
thoroughly sound financial position, and that the promises of papers 
and other scientific help give strong grounds for the hope that the 
next year of the Society's work will be quite as succesful as any 
previous year in its history. 
The Proceedings of the Society have been forwarded, as in 
previous years, to leading Scientific Societies in various parts of the 
