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MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN YORK. 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society) was Vice-Chairman. The 
Hon. Secretaries were Mr. Chas. E. Elmhirst (Hon. Sec. of 
the Yorkshire Philosophical Society) and the Town Clerk, Mr. 
R. P. Dale. The Acting Secretary was Mr. Fred Arey, who 
had served in that capacity in 1881, and whose business ability 
and organizing powers peculiarly fitted him for the position. 
Mr. R. P. Dale’s death early in 1906, deprived the city of a 
useful and respected citizen and the Local Committee of an 
Hon. Secretary. His successor in office, Mr. H. Craven, was 
subsequently appointed to fill the vacant secretaryship. 
A well attended meeting was held on Feb. 9th, 1906, at 
which the local organization was definitely fixed by the appoint¬ 
ment of an Executive Committee. Five Sub-Committees were 
appointed to assist the Executive Committee in the work of 
preparation. The departments assigned to these Sub-Com¬ 
mittees were respectively :—(i) Rooms, (ii) Publications and 
Lectures, (iii) Lodgings and Hospitality, (iv) Excursions, 
(v) Finance.* In making arrangements for the Lecture to 
Operatives (now a regular item of the Association’s work), the 
Publications and Lecture Sub-Committee received material 
assistance from a Committee of representatives from Working¬ 
men’s Organisations in the city, Mr. Dickies acting as 
Secretary. 
A strong appeal was made for funds, £3,000 being fixed as 
the sum required. The appeal was fully successful, and 
£3,031 16s. od. was promised, and paid. Of this, as will 
be seen from the Appendix, only £2861 5s. 11. was spent, and 
the Committee was able to return to the subscribers half-a- 
crown in the pound. Work in other departments was 
vigorously carried on. The Sub-Committees worked hard and 
made frequent reports to the Executive Committee, which met 
fortnightly for six months before the meeting. Dr. Auden, as 
Editor of the Handbook, obtained the services of a large staff 
of contributors, and by July (1906) a Guide of 386 pages, with 
a Plan of York, eight Plates and a Geological Section, was 
produced, which met with warm approval. A local programme 
of 32 pages, with a Plan of the City and of the Reception 
Rooms, was also printed. The city was actively canvassed 
*See Appendix. 
