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experience, time, and money to attain these eminently satisfactory 
results. To Messrs. W. Ackroyd, F. W. Branson, B. A. Burrell, 
and F. Swann, for the patience and care with which the extended 
series of chemical tests were carried out ; to Messrs. Fennell 
and Bean for much labour in connection with tlie fixing of. 
the gauges ; to Mr. Fennell for preparing a large map and 
drawing a gauge diagram and index-map for the British Asso- 
ciation : and to Messrs. Kendall, Howartli, and Simpson for 
careful surveys of the limestone, our special thanks are due. 
Your Council would also gratefully acknowledge the generous 
contributions of material for the testing of the underground 
waters by Mr. George Bra}', without which it would have been 
impracticable to carr}^ out these interesting investigations, and 
the advice and help in many ways of Mr. Walter Morrison, 
M.P., and of Messrs. Winskill and Townend, of Malham. Mr. 
Godfrey Bingley also has put the Council under a debt of 
gratitude by taking a series of valuable photographs of the 
investigations. 
We have to announce with regret the resignation of Mr. J. 
Stubbins, F.G.S., a member of the Council for some years. 
The position of Hon. Auditor left vacant at the Annual 
Meeting was filled up by the Council, who appointed Mr. J. H. 
Howarth, F.G.S., of Bradford. 
The Rev. W. L. Carter, M.A., F.G.S., was elected Repre- 
sentative Governor of the Yorkshire College, and Mr. William 
Gregson, F.G.S., was appointed our Representative on the Cor- 
responding Society's Committee of the British Association at tlieir 
Dover meeting. 
In considering the arrangements for 1900, the Council recom- 
mend that General Meetings and Excursions should be held 
either in the neighbourhood of Keighley or Clitheroe, and that 
an Excursion should be taken to the Cheviots in July, to 
examine the rocks in situ from which so many of our Yorkshire 
erratics have been derived. 
The Proceedings, Vol. XIII., Part 4, which concludes the 
volume, was issued to the members in August. The thanks of 
