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MINUTES. 
That the invitation of Lord Halifax to meet at Hickleton be 
accepted, and that the meeting be held at 3-0 p.m. on August 14th. 
It was resolved that papers be accepted from Prof, A. Lupton, 
Mr. G. R. Vine, Rev. J. S. Tute, and Mr. W. Cheetham. 
A letter from Mr. G. R. Vine was read by the Hon. Secretary, aud 
(Ui the motion of ^Ir. Atkinson, seconded- by Mr. Lupton, it was 
resolved,— 
That the Society be reconmiended at its next general meeting 
to make a grant from its funds to Mr. Vine, to assist him in the 
prosecutions of his researches on the Fossil Polyzoa. 
Mr. Atkinson proposed, the Chairman seconding, — 
That this Council, at the [first meeting since the publication of 
the History of this Society, begs to thank the Honorary Secretary, 
Mr. Davis, for the very able manner in which lie has compiled and 
edited it, the resolution was carried. 
General Meeting iii Hickleton, the residence of Viscount Halifiix. 
Vice-President, August 14th, 1889. 
The chair was occupied by Viscount Halifax. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Honorary Secretary proposed, and Mitchell seconded, and 
it was carried unanimously — 
That the following gentlemen be admitted members of the 
Society : — 
Matthew Stephenson, Esq., Queen's Road, Harrogate. 
Rev. W. Travis Travis, M.A., Rector of Ripley, Yorksln're. 
Jno. Lister, Esq., M.A., Shibden Hall, Halifax. 
M. Nicholson, Esq., J.P., Middleton Hall, Leeds. 
Michael Stocks Junr., Esq., Shibden Head, Halifax. 
H. St. John Durnford, Esq., Swaithe, near Barnsley. 
J. C. Thompson, Esq., Solicitor. Selby. 
Proposed by the Honorary Secretary, seconded by Mr. R. Sugden, 
Thcit T. W. H. Mitchell, Esq., C E., &c., be elected the Honorary 
Local Secretary for Barnsley. Carried. 
Proposed by J. T. Atkinson, Esq., and seconded by Rev. J. S. 
Tute, that a grant from the Society's funds of £5 be made to Mr. 
G. R. Vine, of Sheffield, in recognition of his valuable researches in 
