YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT YORK. 
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Through the kind invitation of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society, the members of the Union were enabled to hold their 
fifty-second Annual Meeting in the magnificent lecture theatre 
attached to the museum and presented to the inviting Society 
by the late Dr. Tempest Anderson. 
During the morning many members availed themselves 
of the opportunity to visit Askam Bog, and, by the kind 
permission of Dr. A. H. Burtt, the grounds of the British 
Botanical Association. 
The excellent attendance of members, and delegates of 
the affiliated societies (twenty-six of whom sent representatives 
to the meeting of the General Permanent Committee held in 
the afternoon) added a zest to the proceedings, as did also the 
statement by the Treasurer, Mr. E. Hawkesworth, on his 
presenting the Balance Sheet, that the debit balance had been 
so substantially reduced that the outstanding indebtedness 
of the Union was now only slightly over £ 8 . The Annual 
Report, which was adopted, showed that the various sections 
still continued to do good work in furthering the advance 
of Yorkshire science. Hearty thanks were accorded to the 
various officials, and they w’ere unanimously re-elected. The 
chair was occupied by the President, Mr. Harold Wager. 
F.R.S., F.L.S., who expressed the pleasure it gave him in 
making the announcement that the Executive had offered 
to Mr. Thomas Sheppard, F.G.S., F.S.A. (Scot.), of Hull, 
the presidency for the ensuing year, and that Mr. Sheppard 
had signified his acceptance, and the meeting voiced satis- 
faction thereat. In all probability the annual meeting of 
the Union for 1914 will be held at Leeds. 
During the preliminary part of the evening meeting, which 
was also well attended, Mr. Wager occupied the chair, and 
after an epitome of the Annual Report had been presented 
by the secretaries, eleven new members were elected, and 
one Society was affiliated. 
The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Rhodes Brown, 
occupied the chair during the delivery of the address by Mr. 
Wager, who took for his subject ‘ The Movements of Micro- 
Organisms in response to external forces.’ In masterly 
manner he dealt with his investigations of one of the' flagellate 
Infusoria, Euglena viridis, showing fully how it made response 
to the actions of light and gravity, and that these responses 
were not due to mechanical means. Many excellent lantern 
slides helped to emphasise Mr. Wager’s remarks. The address 
will be published in The Naturalist. The motion of thanks to 
Mr. Wager for his address, as well as for his excellent services 
to the Union during his term of office, was heartily agreed to. 
Thanks were also accorded to the Lord Mayor for presiding. 
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