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THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION’S 
SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 
FOR 1932. 
(Presented at Halifax on Saturday, December 10th, 1932). 
The Seventieth Annual Meeting was held at Skipton on Saturday, 
December 5th, 1931. The Annual Report was published in The 
Naturalist, pp. 23-30, 56-60 and 87-92. 
The Presidential Address, on f British Entomogenous Fungi,’ 
was delivered by Mr. T. Petch, B.A., B.Sc., and that also has been 
published in The Naturalist, pp. 103-108, 133-136 and 167-172. 
The Secretariat. — The resignation of Dr. W. H. Pearsall, F.L.S., 
as Joint Hon. Secretary, from December 31st, 1931, on account of the 
work entailed by his appointment as Hon. Director of the Freshwater 
Biological Research Laboratory, Windermere, was accepted with regret. 
Dr. Pearsall had been in office since the beginning of 1922, and the 
Executive wishes to place on record its high appreciation of his many 
valuable services. Mr. F. A. Mason, who was elected Hon. Secretary 
for 1932, expressed his keen regret at the severance in office. Dr. 
Pearsall ~and he had worked throughout a period of ten years with the 
most cordial co-operation ; in the Field and in the Executive business 
of the Union alike, Dr. Pearsall’s services would be greatly missed, 
and he had the best wishes of the Union for the success of the work in 
which he is now engaged. 
The Presidency for 1933 has been offered to and accepted by Mr. 
James Meikle Brown, B.Sc., F.L.S., F.E.S., in recognition of his services 
to Entomology and to other branches of Natural History, and particularly 
in respect of his contributions to Yorkshire Entomology. 
Field Meetings have been held during 1932 as follows : — Conis- 
borough (for Don Gorge), Saturday, April 30th ; Sedbergh (for 
Howgill), Whitsun, May 14th to 16th ; South Cave, Saturday, June 
18th ; Salburn, Saturday, July 2nd to 4th ; Skipton (for Gargrave), 
Bank Holiday, July 30th to August 1st ; Fungus Foray, Kirby Moorside, 
September 17th to 21st, and reports of the general excursions have 
appeared in The Naturalist during the year ; the report of the Fungus 
Foray is in the Press. In addition there have been Sectional Field 
Meetings for Entomology and Plant Galls, at Ryhill, June 25th ; 
Concho logy, at York, June nth, and Kirk Smeaton, September 10th ; 
Ecology, Moughton, May 7th. 
The Excursions for 1933 will be as follows : — - 
Change of Address. The following changes (or corrections) have 
been notified during the year : — 
Bradford Natural History and Microscopical Society : Hon. Sec- 
retary, W. F. Fearnley, Arvensis, The Drive, Ben Rhydding. 
Bradford Scientific Association : Hon. Secretary, Oswald J. Harding, 
76 Pasture Lane, Clayton, Bradford. 
Bromehead, C.E.N., B.A., Geological Survey Office, 32 St. Mary’s, 
York. 
Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club : Hon. Secretary, 
J. B. Nicholson, M.A., “ Elmstead,” Elms Road, Darlington. 
April I5th-i7th (Easter) 
May 13th (Saturday) 
June 3rd -5th (Whitsun) 
July 8th (Saturday) 
August 5th~7th (Bank Holiday) 
September 1 6th -21st 
Robin Hood’s Bay (N.E.) 
Skipwith (S.E.) 
Dent (N.W. ) 
Ripponden (S.W.) 
Ripon (Mid.W. ) 
Fungus Foray, Barnard 
Cartle (for the Yorkshire 
side of the Tees) . 
The Naturalist 
