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RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 
The Most Hon. the President then delivered an Address. 
The following papers were read : — 
"The Danes' Graves: Part I. Historical Summary." By Mr. 
J. R. Mortimer. 
"Notes on Danes' Graves near Driffield." By Rev. E. Maule 
Cole, M.A., F.G.S. 
" On the Identification of Localities in Norway from which 
boulders in Yorkshire Drift Deposits may have been 
derived." By Mr. Percy F. Kendall, F.G.S. 
"Some Yorkshire Caves." By Mr. S. W. Cuttriss. 
" The Halifax Coal Strata." By Mr. James Spencer. 
" On the Fossil Fishes of the Upper Lias of Whitby : Part III." 
By Mr. Arthur Smith Woodward, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
"The Composition of the Spar occurring in Mother Shipton's 
Cave, Knaresborough." By Mr. B. A. Burrell, F.I.C. 
A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the President for 
presiding over the Meeting, and for his kind and generous entertain- 
ment of the Society. 
A vote of thanks was also passed to the Mayor and Corporation 
of Ripon, for kindly lending the Large 'Room at the Town Hall for 
the Meeting. 
The Members dined together at the Unicorn Hotel, Ripon, 
under the presidency of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Ripon, K.G. 
After dinner a selection of new lantern slides was exhibited, 
and, by the kind permission of the Town Clerk, the members had 
the opportunity of examining the ancient municipal regalia. 
In connection with the Annual General Meeting, a Field 
Excursion was arranged, on Friday, October 8th, to Hackfall and 
the Gorge of the Ure between Masham and West Tanfield. The 
party, led hy Mr. T. S. Mason, went to Masham by train. Some 
time was spent in the ancient Church, and then the Gorge of 
the Ure was traversed to Hackfall, and thence to Mickley and 
West Tanfield. Here a short time was given to the Church and 
Marmion's Tower, and the train was taken back to Ripon where 
the members separated. 
