HONORAFvY SECEETARY's REPORT, 1907. 
The event of the year has been the loss of the services of 
the Rev. W. Lower Carter as Honorary Secretary, on his re- 
moval to Cheshire, after 13 years devoted and unremitting 
labour in the interests of the Society. 
On the 28th February the members met and dined together 
at the Hotel Metropole, in Leeds, when a testimonial, sub- 
scribed for by 80 members of the Society, was presented to Mr. 
Carter by Professor Percy F, Kendall, in the unavoidable absence 
of the President, the Marquis of Ripon. 
The testimonial consisted of — 
A mahogan3^ writing table. 
A petrological microscope. 
A cabinet of rock sections. 
A gift of furs to Mrs. Carter, in acknowledgment of 
much assistance rendered to her husband in his work for 
the Society. 
A gift of a geological hammer by Professor Kendall, and 
An illuminated address in the following terms : — 
To the Rev. William Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S. 
We, the undernamed members of the Yorkshire 
Geological Society, desire to express to you our keen 
sense of the loss we one and all sustain in your 
removal to Birkenhead. 
For thirteen years you have filled the position of 
Honorary Secretary to the Society, and principal 
Editor of the Proceedings, with great tact, sound 
judgment, wide knowledge, and untiring dev^otion. 
Your labours have deservedly been attended with 
much success, and we are glad to recognise that the 
present satisfactory position of the Society, as regards 
the number of its members, the work it has accom- 
plished in recent years, and its standing among the 
Geological Societies of the country, is principally due 
to your management and to your influence among 
our leading geologists. 
