ANNUAL REPORT. 
263 
A Meeting, and excursions, was held in Hull, September 28th and 
29th. The leaders were Messrs. Stather and Sheppard. On the 
Friday an excursion was made to Withernsea to examine the fine 
coast section of the Glacial Deposits. The General Meeting was 
held the same evening in the Grosvenor Hotel, when, owing to 
the unavoidable absence of the President, the chair was occupied 
by Mr. Wm. Whitaker, F.R.S. A paper on " The Origin of 
Blow Wells," by the President, was read in the absence of the 
author, by JVIr. Sheppard. The discussion which followed was 
taken part in by the Chairman and Messrs. Stather, Walton, 
Thompson, Sheppard, Crofts and Sewell. Mr. J. W. Stather 
then read a paper on " Some Cretaceous Belemnites," illustrated 
with a number of specimens and diagrams. The chairman and 
Messrs. Walton, Thompson, Sheppard and Johns took part in the 
discussion which followed. Votes of condolence with the relatives of 
the late Mr. J. R. Mortimer, Rev. E. Maule Cole and Mr. J. Ackroyd 
in their respective bereavements, and of sympathy with Mr. 
Godfrey Bingley in his illness, were passed. On Saturday, despite 
the inclement weather, a numerous party crossed the Humber to 
Barton and proceeded to South Ferriby, first visiting the fine 
quarries in the Middle and Lower Chalk. On the foreshore, near 
South Ferriby Hall, the recently exposed bed of dark clay which 
has furnished fossils of a Neocomian type was seen. The opinion 
was expressed that the importance of the exposure warranted 
excavations being made with a view to obtaining decisive 
palseontological evidence. 
The Council have accepted with, deep regret the resignation 
of Mr. W. Simpson, who for six years has been Hon. Treasurer, 
and they desire to record their high appreciation of his most 
valuable services in bringing the finances of the Society to their 
present flourishing state. 
The Council are arranging for the following General Meetings 
and Excursions to be held in 1912 : — 
Spring Meeting - Leeds, with morning Excursion. 
Easter - Appleby. 
June ,, - Robin Hood's Bay. 
September ,, - Ripon and Masham. 
C. J. 
