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secretary's report. 
to amend Rule 1, so that the title shall in future read " The 
Yorkshire Geological Society." 
On account of the meeting of the British Association being 
held in South Africa this year, the meeting of the Corresponding 
Societies Committee was held in London on Monday and Tues- 
day, October 30th and 31st, which the Hon. Secretary attended 
as a delegate of the Society. An important paper was read 
at the first meeting by W. Martin, Esq., M.A., LL.D., on " The 
Law of Treasure Trove." and a discussion took place on the 
question of copyright as affecting papers published in scientific 
journals and lectures before societies. At the second meeting 
Professor G. S. Boulger gave an address on the preservation 
of our native plants, which initiated a valuable discussion as 
to the depredations due to the ravages of dealers and greedy 
scientific collectors, and to the necessity of legal protection for 
ferns and wild flowers, and of education of teachers and school 
children on the beauty of our native flora and the need of care 
against its extermination. 
The following General Meetings and Field Excursions are 
recommended for the year 1906 : — 
1. Leeds, about the end of February. 
2. Helmsley, for the Howardian Hills and the Valley of 
the Rye. 
3. Buxton or Matlock, for North Derbyshire. 
4. Annual Meeting at Sheflield, with a Field Excursion 
on the following day. 
The Council sincerely regret the loss by death of Mr. Thomas 
Walshaw, of Wakefield ; Mr. WilHam A^kroyd, F.G.S., F.C.S., 
l^orough Analyst of Halifax a valued member of Council and 
the contributor of important papers to our Proceedings ; Mr. 
George Bray, of Leeds, who took a deep interest in the work 
of the Underground Waters Committee, and contributed 
generously to the funds raised for the earlier investigations ; 
Colonel H. Trench-Gascoigne, who had been a member 
of the Society for thirty years ; Mr. W. Myers Beswick, of Filey, 
and Mr. John T. Pearson, of Melmerby. Membership of the 
Society, as reported at York twelve months ago, was 186. During 
