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SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
During the year concluded by the present meeting the 
Society has held meL'tings at Dewsbury and Pontefract for the 
purpose of listening to communications from its members. 
On May 24th, a General Meeting was held at the Mechanics' 
Institution at Dewsbury. Mr. F. W. Reuss, president of the 
Institution, occupied the chair. 
During the summer, arrangements were made for a joint 
Excursion of the members of the Geologists' Association of 
London and those of this Society. The combined Associations 
met at Harrogate on Monday, July )7th, and the geological 
features of the district were examined under the guidance of Mr. 
W. H. Hndleston, President of the Geologists' Association, and 
an account was given of the wells by Dr. Oliver, of Harrogate. 
On the following day the members visited Knaresborough and 
Plumpton. On the 19th (Wednesday), the part}^, now, and for 
the remaining portion of the excursion, under the guidance of the 
Honorary Secretary of this Society, left Hariogate and drove to 
Skipton, spending some pleasant hours at Bolton Abbey and its 
beautiful environment. 
On Thursday, Malham and Gordale were visited, and one 
portion of the party walked across the moors to the Victoria 
Cave ; and to Settle and Giggleswick. The Museum of the 
Giggles wick Grammar School was inspected. On the 21st (Friday), 
the members of the joint Societies proceeded to Clapham. The 
Caves, Trougill, and Gaping Ghyll Hole were visited. Hitherto 
the weather had been fine, but the remaining and concluding 
portion of the excursion was gone through in an extremely heavy 
downpour of rain. Most of the party however, notwithstanding 
the rain, visited Norber, with its immense assemblage of ice- 
