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RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 
Present :— Messrs. W. Cash, H. Crowther, P. F. Kendall, 
J. H. Howarth, and W. L. Carter (Hon. Sec). 
Letters of regret for non-attendance were read from Messrs. 
J. E. Bedford, A. Lupton, T. W. H. Mitchell, J. Hawell, 
W. Simpson, J. R. Eddy, and D. Forsyth, 
The minutes of the previous Council Meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The following accounts were passed for payment : — 
£ s. d. 
Morgan & Kidd— Plates 2 13 6 
F. Carter — Plates, Circulars <fe Stationery 11 14 4 
Whitley Booth — Separate Copies of 
Proceedings, 1896 and 1897 12 1 4 
Whitley & Booth— Proceedings, 1897 35 17 0 
£62 6 2 
The Proceedings. — The Treasurer presented a report on the 
financial state of the Society, and the Hon. Secretary gave an 
estimate of the expenditure likely to be incurred by the pub- 
lication of Vol. XIII., part III. It was resolved that a series of 
photographs illustrating the Middle Oolites of Filey Bay and 
Brigg be published, and that Mr. Godfrey Bingley's kind ofier 
of the use of his negatives be gratefully accepted. The Secretary 
was instructed to obtain estimates from three Leeds firms for 
the printing of the Proceedings, and to report to the next Council 
meeting. 
Annual Meeting. — A letter was read from the Marquis of 
Ripon, K.G., approving of the Annual Meeting being held at 
Ripon, and inviting the members to afternoon tea at Fountains' 
Abbey. The kind invitation of the President of our Society 
was unanimously and very heartily accepted. 
A draft programme of arrangements was considered and 
adopted. 
It was decided that an " In Memorian " notice of the late 
Mr. Thos. Tate, F.G.S., with portrait, should be issued with the 
next part of the Proceedings. 
