The event of the year has been the loss of the services of the Rev. W. Lower Carter as Honorary Secretary, on his removal 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, subscribed 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 mahogany 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 devotion. 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 accomplished in recent years, and its ...