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204th Ordinary MEExrNG, 18th March, 1898, at St. Albaj^s. 

 r. "W. Silvester, Esq., in the Chair. 

 The following lecture was delivered : — 



" A Visit to Canada and the Falls of Niagara." By John 

 Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Hon. Sec. 



A repetition, by request, of the lecture delivered at Watford on 

 14th December, illustrated by lantern-slides. 



205th Ordinary Meeting, 22nd March, 1898, at Watford. 



William Whitaker, B.A., F.E.S., Pres. G. S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Henry John Ryman was elected a member of the Society. 



The following papers were read ; — 



1. "The Palaeolithic Deposits at Hitchin and their Relation 

 to the Glacial Epoch." By Clement Keid, F.L.S., F.G.S. Com- 

 municated by the I'resident. {I'ransactions, Vol. X, pp. 14-22.) 



Diagrams showing the strata passed through in borings at 

 Hitchin were exhibited by Mr. Keid in illustration of his paper, 

 and also collections of flint implements and fossil bones found in. 

 the Hitchin lake-bed and lent b^- Mr. William Ransom. 



