282 EEPORTS OF MEETINGS. 



GEOLOaiCAL SECTION FOR 1897. 



THE first meeting of the Section during this j^ear 

 was held on March 24th. A hearty vote of thanks 

 to the retiring Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. W. Metcalfe, was 

 passed, and Mr. H. Pentecost was elected in his stead. 

 An exhibition of lantern slides and enlarged photographs 

 of rock sections was given by Mr. S. H. Reynolds, and later 

 Professor Lloyd Morgan exhibited slides illustrative of the 

 geological features of the Lake District. During the 

 summer members of the section were kindly invited by 

 Professor Lloyd Morgan to join certain excursions of his 

 geological class. Members were, however, slow in availing 

 themselves of this privilege, and on the first occasion only 

 one member of the section was present. On December 15th 

 a joint meetiug of the G-eological and Physical Sections 

 was held, and Mr. A. Vaughan read a paper upon the 

 character of the interior of the earth. This meeting was 

 a most successful one, and the discussion was both animated 

 and long. 



There are now twenty- three members* of the section, but 

 the attendance at the meetings has been small. The 

 financial position of the section is sound, a:lthough several 

 members are in arrears. The Secretary is anxious to make 

 the meetings more frequent, and will be glad to hear from 

 any member who will read a paper or contribute to the 

 section a note upon some point of geological interest. 



H. PENTECOST, 



Hon. Sec. 



