REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igiO. 
XV 
Mr. F. W. Lockwood, a painstaking student of geology, who 
took as his subject “ Some Yorkshire Rivers.” 
The Society is to be congratulated upon possessing such an 
enthusiastic band of sectional officers, and as these gentlemen 
had been fairly well supported by the members of the various 
sections, the result was that on the evening devoted to receiv¬ 
ing their reports the only account not presented was that on 
Conchology, and that merely because this section has been 
previously so well worked that there was practically nothing 
to report. Mr. F. W. Lockwood dealt with Geology, Mr. 
Wm. Ingham, B.A., with Botany, and Mr. V. J. F. Zimmer¬ 
man gave an interesting account of our local Ornithology. 
Mammalia and Pisces were reported upon by Mr. C. F. 
Procter, this being the first account that had been entered in 
the Recorder’s book in this section ; and quite the longest 
report was that on Lepidoptera, by Mr. Ralph Moore. Your 
Committee wish to thank Mr. Herbert Stansfield for his gift 
of “ Nature Notes ” for the years 1906-7, and for “ The Life of 
an Eighteenth Century Naturalist,” (James Bolton, of Halifax), 
written by Mr. Charles Crossland. They also wish to place 
on record their indebtedness to Mr. Stansfield for his ungrudg¬ 
ing services as Hon. Treasurer, whose audited report shews 
your Society to have a cash balance of 8s. 6d. and a balance 
at banker’s of £31 17s. 8d., the total £32 6s. 3d. being carried 
forward to the next year’s accounts. Although the Society is 
in a flourishing condition, your Council regret to notice a 
decrease in the number of new members added during the 
year, only four being proposed ; also an increase in the number 
of resignations, three being given in at the last meeting. Both 
facts are very regrettable, and although the latter has been 
caused by unavoidable circumstances, such as business pressure 
and departure from the city, we nevertheless sincerely trust 
that all our members will make individual efforts to introduce 
naturalist friends, with a view to securing them as members of 
this Society, and also themselves endeavour to attend the 
meetings as regularly as possible. We commenced the year 
with 92 members ; 4 new ones were elected, making a total of 
96. Deducting 1 deceased, 3 resigned, and 9 struck off through 
non-payment of subscription, this leaves the present number 
