Minute Book 2
Summary
1886
Oct 13 Annual General Meeting (7th) held in Brown’s Assembly Room, High Street
Session Seven 1886-87
President -Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
Vice-President – Rev. Geo. Smith, Rev. Canon Brock, Mr. J. M. Kirk, Rev. W. R. Weston
Committee – H. Cockill, W. Roberts, Rev. A. H. Faber, J. G. Walker, Mr. T. J. Hasselby, C. H. Loxley
Hon. Sec. – M.H. Stiles
Nov 3 Exhibition meeting
Nov 24 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Milk, its Chemical and Microscopical Examination by M. H. Stiles
Dec 15 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Eye, and how we see by Mr. Furnival
1887
Jan 5 Ordinary meeting Brown’s Assembly Rooms, High Street, Doncaster
Paper – Coal Gas by T.H. Easterfield
Jan 26 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Light with special reference to the Spectroscope & Polariscope by Rev. A. C. E. Blowfield
Feb 16 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Bees and their work by Walter Roberts
Mar 16 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Vivisection by J. Mitchell Wilson
Mar 30 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Lower Forms of Animal Life – Medusae & Cuttle Fish by J. M. Kirk
Oct 12 General Meeting (8th) held in the Council Room, Guild Hall
Session Eighth 1888-89
President – The Rev. Geo. Smith, M.A.
Vice-President – Rev. Cannon Brock, J. M. Kirk, Rev. W. R. Weston, Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
Committee – Rev. Canon Faber, J. G. Walker, T. J. Hasselby, C. H. Loxley, T. H. Easterfield, W. E. Atkinson
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Nov 30 Ordinary meeting
Paper – A piece of chalk by Rev. Canon Faber
Dec 21 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Photography by Artificial Light by M. H. Stiles
1888
Jan 11 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Combustion, spontaneous and otherwise by T. H. Easterfield
Feb 1 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Microscope, its history & use by J. M. Kirk
Mar 6 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Coal & its Products by T. J. Hasselby
Mar 21 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Astronomy by Rev. A. C. E. Blowfield
Apr 25 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Development by W. Delanoy
Paper – Printing by M. H. Stiles
May 16 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Doncaster Microscopical and General Society, its Work – past, present and future by Rev. Geo. Smith
Oct ?? General Meeting (9th)
Session Ninth 1889-90
President – J. M. Kirk
Vice-President –
Committee –
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
1889
Jan 16 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Lantern Slides & how they are made by M. H. Stiles
Jan 30 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Insects injurious to Agriculture by Walter Roberts
Feb 13 Ordinary meeting (Report the death of Canon Brock)
Paper – The Migration of Birds by Thos. Bunker of Goole, President of the Vertebrate section of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union
Feb 27 Ordinary meeting (Approach made to Corporation for use of Old Free Library)
Paper – Landscape Photography by George Bisat
Mar 13 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Lower Forms of Animal Life (part 6) by J. M. Kirk
Mar 27 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Chalk by Rev. T. E. Lindsay
Apr 10 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Rings of Saturn by T. L. Atkinson
Apr 24 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Three Forms of Bacilli by Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
Oct 30 General Meeting
Session Tenth 1890-91
President – Walter Roberts
Vice-President – Rev. W. R. Weston, Dr. J. M. Wilson, J. G. Walker, Rev. Geo. Smith
Committee – W. E. Atkinson, Geo. Winter, Rev. T. E. Lindsay, J. M. Kirk, Geo. Bisat, T. R. Nicholas
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Nov 13 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Protective Mimicry as exhibited in British Lepidoptera by H. H. Corbett
Dec 11 Ordinary meeting
Paper – A piece of clay by Mr. Hasselby
1890
Jan 8 Ordinary meeting
Paper –??
Jan 29 Exhibition Meeting in Brown’s Rooms
Feb 19 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Improvements on Photomicrography by M. H. Stiles
Mar 12 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Photographic Tour in North Wales by Geo. Bisat
Apr 30 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Ants by Walter Roberts
Oct 15 General Meeting (11th) held in the Indictment Room, Guild Hall
The limit of the age for associateship be raised to 20 years.
Session Eleventh 1891-92
President – J. G. Walker
Vice-President – Rev. W.R. Weston, Dr. J. M. Wilson, W. E. Atkinson, Geo. Winter
Committee – Rev. T. E. Lindsay, Messrs. J. M. Kirk, Geo. Bisat, H. H. Corbett, W. Roberts, & T. J. Hasselby.
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Nov 12 Exhibition Meeting held in the County Court Room, Guild Hall
Nov 26 Ordinary meeting held in the Indictment Room, Guild Gall
Paper – The First Principles of Entomology by H. H. Corbett
Dec 17 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Rise and Development of Gothic Architecture in Britain (part 1) by W. D. Watson
1891
Jan 14 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Rise and Development of Gothic Architecture in Britain (part 2) by W. D. Watson
Feb 4 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Loves of the Atom by Rev. T. E. Lindsay
Mar 2 Ordinary meeting held in the Indictment Room, Guild Hall
Paper – Meteorites by T. L. Atkinson (entered into the minute book by Atkinson)
Mar 19 Exhibition Meeting held in the Glyn Temperance Hotel
Apr 8 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Art of Moulding & Casting in Metal by J. G. Walker
Oct 28 General Meeting (12th)
Session Twelfth 1892-93
President – T. Lovel Atkinson,
Vice-President – J. Mitchell Wilson, W. E. Atkinson, Geo. Winter, J. G. Walker
Committee – J. M. Kirk, H.H. Corbett, Walter Roberts, T. J. Hasselby, J. Shotton, Rev. Canon Tebbutt (Rev. W. R. Weston in place of Hasselby)
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Nov 12 Ordinary meeting
No report or paper
Nov 26 Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Natural History & Habits of some of our smaller Moths by H. H. Corbett
Dec 17 Ordinary meeting
Paper – Notes on Lantern & Lantern Slides by M. H. Stiles
1892
Jan 27 University Extension Courses begin
Mar 21 Last of the University Extension Courses
Apr 12 Examination of students attending the course of 8 lectures
Oct 5 Annual General Meeting (13th)
Annual subscription reduced to 2/-6d
Application to the Committee of Free Library for permission to use Reference Room for meetings
Oct 13 Permission was granted
Session Thirteenth 1893-94
President – H. H. Corbett
Vice-President – ??
Committee – ??
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Oct ?? Exhibition Meeting (??) (1)
No report
Oct 19 Ordinary meeting (2)
Paper – The Snail, its Natural History & Allies by H. H. Corbett
Nov 2 Ordinary meeting (3)
Paper – Gravitation by T. L. Atkinson
Nov 16 Ordinary meeting (4)
Paper – Animals Extinct within Historic Times by J. M. Kirk
Nov 30 Ordinary meeting (5)
Paper – Notes on Photographic Printing by M. H. Stiles
Dec 14 Ordinary meeting (6)
Paper – Michael Faraday by Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
1893
?? 1. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 2. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 3. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 4. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 5. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 6. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 7. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? 8. University Extension Lectures by Dr. Cohen of Leeds
?? Examination of students following University Extension Lectures
Apr 13 Exhibition Meeting held in the Glyn Hotel
Oct 11 Annual General Meeting (14th)
Session Fourteenth 1894-95
President – J. B. Prosser
Vice-President – George Winter, J. G. Walker, J. M. Kirk, and H. H. Corbett
Committee – J. Shotton, Rev. Canon Tebutt, T. Lovel Atkinson, H. Culpin, W. E. Atkinson and J. Mitchell Wilson
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
Oct ?? Exhibition Meeting ?(1)
No report
Nov 1 Ordinary meeting (2)
Paper – Gulf Stream by H. Culpin
Nov 21 Ordinary meeting (3)
Paper – The Field Naturalist – an Animal in Danger of Extinction by H. H. Corbett
Dec 6 Ordinary meeting (4)
Paper – Improvements in Bromide Printing by M. H. Stiles
Dec 20 Ordinary meeting (5)
Paper – The Steam Engine by J. B. Prosser
1894
?? Ordinary meeting (6)
Paper – Platinotype Printing by G. B. Bisat
May 23 Ordinary meeting (7)
Paper – Composition Printing by F. Whaley
Apr ?? Ordinary meeting (8)
Paper – Negative Making by S. J. Barton
Oct 10 General Meeting (15th)
Session Fifteenth 1894-95
President – Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
Vice-President – J. G. Walker, J. M. Kirk, H. H. Corbett, and J. B. Prosser
Committee – T. L. Atkinson, W. E. Atkinson, H. Culpin, F. Whaley, G. Bisat, J. R. Thompson
Hon. Sec. – M. H. Stiles
End of Minute Book