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SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
Theee meetings of the members of the Society have been held 
during the year. The first was at Malton in the East-Riding, on 
Wednesday, July 8th, 1885. The members first proceeded from 
Malton to Settrington and North Grimston, where Mr. C. Fox- 
Strangways, of H. M. Geol. Survey, pointed out and explained the 
Geological features of the district. Several quarries in the Coralline 
Oolite were visited and fossils obtained. At 2 p.m., the party 
returned to Malton, and after dining at the Talbot Hotel, the meeting 
was held in the same house. Papers were read by the following 
gentlemen : — Mr. J. R. Mortimer, of Driffield, Rev, E. Maule Cole, 
M.A., of VVetwang, Rev. J. Stanley Tute, B.A., of Markington, 
Messrs. W. Y. Veitch, of Middlesbrough, G. Robert Vine, of 
Sheffield, and H. B. Stocks, of Halifax. In the absence of Sir Chas. 
W. Strickland, the Rev. E. M. Cole occupied the chair. At the 
conclusion of the meeting, those present visited the Museum, under 
the guidance of Messrs. Chad wick and Slater of Malton. 
The second meeting was held in the Lecture Theatre of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society, at York, on Wednesday, the 9th of 
September. The President, the Marquis of Ripon, K.G., occupied 
the Chair. He received a very hearty reception, and congratulations 
on his successful occupancy of the position of Viceroy of India 
during the last five years. His Lordship delivered an address on 
the Work and Progress of the Society. Papers were read by Messrs. 
G. W. Lamplugh, of Bridlington, James W. Davis, of Halifax, 
G. R. Vine, of Sheffield, and T. Carter Mitchell, of Thirsk. After 
the meeting, the members dined at the Station Hotel ; the Marquis 
of Ripon presiding. 
The third meeting was held at the Museum of the Literary and 
Philosphical Society, at Leeds, on Wednesday, October 28th, 1885. 
The Rev. E. Maule Cole occupied the Chair. The business of the 
annual meeting was transacted, and papers read by the Chairman 
and Mr. James W. Davis, 
