Minute Book 3 (1894-1901)
Summary

1894
18 Oct   YNU Annual Meeting in the Mansion House
7 Nov    Ordinary Meeting
                  John Maw Kirk’s death
14 Nov  Ordinary Meeting
                 Death of Alice Dorothy Stiles, daughter of M. H. Stiles
28 Nov Ordinary meeting
                  paper – Ammonites by H. H. Corbet
19 Dec  Ordinary meeting (3)
                  Paper – Photographic Transparencies by J. R. Thompson
1895
10 Apr  Ordinary meeting (4)
                  Paper – none
1 May    Ordinary meeting
                 Paper – The Retouching and General Improvements of Negatives by Mr. Whaley
15 May  Ordinary Meeting (6)
                  Paper – Mounting of Chloride Prints by H. Moat
                  Paper – Bromide Enlargements by Mr. Bellamy
3 Oct     Annual General Meeting (16th)

President – H. Culpin
Vide-Presidents – H. H. Corbett, J. B. Prosser, W. E. Atkinson, Dr. J. M. Wilson
Committee – F. Whaley, G. R. Bisat, J. R. Thompson, T. Cuttriss, W. Roberts, and Mrs. Corbett
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – M. H. Stiles

6 Nov    Ordinary meeting
                 Paper – The New Photography by S. J. Barton.
20 Nov Exhibition Meeting in Free Library
4 Dec   Ordinary meeting
               Paper – Metrical System by Dr, J. Mitchel Wilson
18 Dec Ordinary meeting
               Paper – The Intensification of Negatives by H. Percy
1896
15 Jan  Ordinary Meeting
                Paper – Sound by Mr. Cuttriss
29 Jan Ordinary Meeting
                Paper – Carbon Process by L. Bagshaw
12 Feb Ordinary meeting
                Paper – Warmsworth Crags bt H. H. Corbett
26 Feb Ordinary Meeting
                 Paper – Photo-micrography by M. H. Stiles
11 Mar Lantern Exhibition
25 Mar Ordinary meeting
                 Paper – Economics by H. Culpin
15 April Ordinary meeting
                  Paper – Bromide Paper and some of its Uses by John Athron Jun.
21 May Excursion (1) – not in minute book
                Edlington Wood
18 Jun Excursion (2)
               Conisbro’, Warmsworth cliffs & Levitt Hagg to Sprotborough
26 Jul Excursion (3) – not in minute book
              Burghwallis & Askern
14 Oct General Meeting (17)
            Stiles retires as Hon. Sec. & Treasurer
            Title becomes Doncaster Scientific Society

President – M. H. Stiles
Vide-Presidents –
Committee –
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – H. H. Corbett

28 Oct Ordinary Meeting
                Paper – Field Excursions by H. H. Corbett
11 Nov Ordinary Meeting
                Paper – Timing Developments by Mr. Woodby
25 Nov Exhibition Meeting
9 Dec    Meeting

Secretarial Reports (first)
Geology by Mr. Culpin
Zoology by (absent) Corbett stands in
Micro-botany by M. H. Stiles

1897
27 Jan Meeting
                 Paper – The Churches round Doncaster by Mr. Ord
                 Not included in minute book, but posted in ‘The Doncaster Review’
10 Feb  Meeting
                Paper – Diatoms & their Sources by M. H. Stiles
24 Feb Lantern Exhibition
10 Mar Meeting

Sectional Reports
Botany – Mr. Townsend
Geology – H. H. Corbett
Paper – Polariscope & polarised light

24 Mar Meeting

Sectional Reports
Botany – H. H. Corbett
Zoology – H. H. Corbett
Micro-zoology – M. H. Stiles
Paper – The Study of Statistics by Mr. Culpin.

14 April Meeting
                  Paper – Architecture by Mr. Beck
28 Spr Meeting
                 Paper – Chess – Historical & Anecdotal by C. G. Bennitt
20 May Excursion
                 Cusworth & Sprotbrough
7 Jun Excursion
                 Wentdale & Smeaton
17 Jun Excursion
                Roche Abbey & Sandbeck
26 Jun Excursion
               Stainforth, Kirk Bramwith & Barnby Dun
8 Jul   Excursion
               Wheatly Wood & Sandal Beet
24 Jul Excursion
               Rossington, Nutwell & Armthorpe
2 Aug  Excursion
              Hatfield Chase
13 Oct 1897 General Meeting (18)

Sections Recorders
Archaeology Messrs. Beck & Ord
Botany Mr. Corbett
Geology Mr. Culpin
Micro-biology & Zoology Mr. Stiles
Photography Mr. Bisat
Zoology (Invertebrates) Mr. Corbett
Zoology (Vertebrates) Mr. Bennitt
Compilation of ‘Phanerogamic Flora of Doncaster & its Vicinity’ by Corbett & Lawson

President – Geo. B. Bisat
Vide-Presidents – M. H. Stiles
Committee – Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Ord, (+ 2 others)
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – H. H. Corbett

27 Oct Exhibition Meeting at the Mansion House

10 Nov Meeting

Sectional Reports
Geology – H. H. Corbett
Paper – A Holiday in Yoredale with a Hand Camera by Mr. Bellamy