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THE LAST DECADE. 
the guidance of the Rev. CanonRaineandDr. Tempest Anderson, visited 
?ome of tlie principal antiquarian objects in the city and the museum. 
In the hitter the Reed collection, recently presented to the Philo- 
sophical Society, attracted large attention, and was exhibited and 
explained by Dr. Purvis, the curator. A meeting was held in the 
lecture theatre during the afternoon, and the members afterwards 
dined at the Station Hotel. A tliird meeting w^as held at ]\liddles- 
borougli, in tlie North Riding, Mr. Bell, the President of the Jjiterary 
and Philosopliical Society, presiding. On the following da}', members, 
accompanied by several members of the Tees Valley Field Club, and 
Mr. Barrow, of H.M. Geological Survey, proceeded by train to Loft- 
house, where the inferior oolites were examined, and numerous fossils 
obtained. The magnificent section exposed in the cliffs of lower lias 
between Rockcliffe and Saltburn were examined, and their features 
described by Mr. Barrow. The annual meeting was held at Leeds, 
Dr. T. Clifford Allbutt, President of the Literary and Philosophical 
Society, in the chair. The number of members had increased during 
1880 to 234, being a gain of twenty-seven during the year, and the 
balance to the credit of the Society was thirty-six pounds. Several 
members had availed themselves of the opportunity to compound for 
their annual subscriptions, and eighty-eight pounds, four shillings, 
stood to the credit of this fund. 
In 1881, the number of members declined to two hundred and 
seven. The funds of the Society had, however, increased to forty- 
two pounds in the general account, and one hundred and twenty-one 
pounds stood to the credit of the Society as composition fees. Two 
meetings were held during the year, one af them at Hull, at which 
Sir A. K. Rollitt presided. This was followed by an excursion -to 
the coast at Withernsea, where Prof. James Geikie explained the drift 
deposited in the neighbourhood, with a general exposition of the geo- 
logical phenomena they indicate. The second meeting was held at 
Bradford, Arthur Briggs, Esq., presiding, and eleven papers were 
presented or read. 
During 1883 three meetings were held, one at Dewsbury ; the 
second took the form of an excursion, and the third was held at 
Pontefract. The excursion was made in conjunction with the 
