seceetary's eeport. 
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born blocks, thence walked round the spur of Moughton Fell, in- 
spected the quarries of slate, with superimposed limestone, and 
thence walked to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and returned by train to 
Skipton. The Saturday's excursion to Lothersdale and Raygill 
was abandoned. 
A detailed description of the excursion is piiuted in another 
portion of this volume. 
The present meeting, at Pontefract, is the third during the 
year. The thanks of the Society are due to the Directors of the 
Dewsbury Mechanic's Institution and to the Corporation of 
Pontefract for the use of the rooms in which the meetings have 
been held, and to Mr. Reuss, and Mr. P. F. Lee, the local 
Secretary at Dewsbury, and to Mr. T. W. Tew, our present 
chairman, for the kind exertions they have made in the inter- 
ests of the Society. 
The number of membei's is 203, of whom 22 have compounded 
for their annual subscriptions and become life members, and the 
remaining 181 are ordinary members. 
The Society has lost one of its most esteemed vice-presidents 
by the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish — a vote express- 
ing the sorrow and condolence of the members was passed at the 
General Meeting at Dewsbury, and forwarded to Lady F. Cavendish 
and the Duke of Devonshire. An acknowledgement with thanks 
for our sympathy was received from Lord Ed. Cavendish in the 
name of the Duke of Devonshire. 
The following is a list of the Local Secretaries and the places 
which they represent : — 
Barnsley Thos. Lister. 
Bradford Thos. Tate, F.G.S. 
BridUngton G. W. Lamplugh, F.G.S. 
Brighouse T. W. Helliwell. 
Driffield Rev. E. M. Cole, M.A., F.G.S., &c. 
Halifax W. Cash, F.G.S. 
Huddersfield ... ... ... ... Peace Sykes 
Hull G. J. Wilson, M.A.,&c. 
Leeds J. E. Bedford 
