“Doncaster Microscopical and General Scientific Society. – The annual meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. G. Walker (president) in the chair. The report of the work done during the past year and the statement of accounts were received and confirmed. The income for the session just concluded was £10 7s 2d, and the disbursements £16 8s 9d. The society has now a balance in hand of £11 6s 2d. The increased expenses were caused by the issue of a report extending over the previous four years. A copy of this – which is a very creditable production, and which contains a portrait of the late Canon Brock, the first president of this society, as a frontispiece – has been sent to each member.

The following were elected offices for the present session.
President – Mr. T. Lovel Atkinson, M.A., LL.B.
Vice-Presidents – Mr. J. Mitchell Wilson, M.D., F.C.S., Mr. W. E. Atkinson, Mr. Geo. Winter, Mr. J. G. Walker, C.E.
Committee – Messrs. J. M. Kirk, F.R.M.S., H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., Walter Roberts, T. J. Hasselby, J. Shotton, Rev. Canon Tebbutt, M.A.
Hon Secretary & Treasurer – Mr. M. H. Stiles.

It was stated at the meeting that arrangements are being made by the society with the Yorkshire College, to deliver a course of University Extension Lectures in Doncaster after Christmas. Applications will be made to the County Council for a grant in aid of this. In compliance with the Technical Education Act, a science course has been selected, the subject being electricity and magnetism. The lectures, eight in number, will be well illustrated by experiments, and should prove highly popular.”

[Doncaster Chronicle, 30 October 1891]