Ivi PROCEEDINGS, 



213th Ohdinaey Meeting, 28th November, 1899, at Watford. 



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

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. r. W. Adams, Constance Yilla, Watford ; Mr. W. Bickerton, 

 The Hawthorns, Watford; Mr. C. A. Rumboll, ISTutley, Watford; 

 Mr. P. E. Sheehan, Hillside Road, St. Albans ; and"^ Mr. Alfred 

 Sutton, Assoc. Royal School of Mines, Waterslade, Watford, were 

 proposed for membership of the Society. 



The following paper was read : — 



" The Gravels, Sands, Clays, and Loams of Western Hertford- 

 shire." By T. E. Lones, M.A., LL.D., B.Sc. {Transactmis, 

 VoL X, pp. 153-164.) 



A discussion ensued in which the President, Mr. Hopkinson, and 

 Mr. W. R. Carter took part, and Dr. Lones, in replying, said that 

 he hoped to read a paper on the speculative side of the subject at 

 a future meeting. 



The paper was illustrated by a coloured map, longitudinal 

 sections, di'awings, and specimens of rocks and fossils. 



Special Meeting, 28th November, 1899. 

 (At Watford.) 



William Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., etc., Yice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



This meeting was convened for the pui'pose of considering and 

 passing certain alterations in the Rules of the Society proposed by 

 the Council. Mr. Hopkinson explained the object of the alterations, 

 by several of which he said the frequent repetition of the word 

 Watford would be obviated in order to remove the impression 

 which the rules at present conveyed that the Society was a purely 

 local one, and not with the intention of holding fewer meetings 

 at Watford. As the Society's collections, other than its library, 

 had been presented, with the consent of the Trustees, to the 

 County Museum at St. Albans, the office of Curator became 

 a sinecure and it was proposed to abolish it, substituting the office 

 of Editor, which hitherto had not been recognized although it had 

 existed from the foundation of the Society. A few other minor 

 alterations were also explained. He then read the Rules with the 

 revisions proposed, and they were put to the meeting seriatim and 

 canied, with a slight verbal alteration in Rule lY. 



The revised Rules, which it was resolved should come into 

 operation at the next Anniversary meeting, will be issued with the 

 next part of the ' Transactions.' 



214th Ordinary Meeting, 16th January, 1900, at Watford. 



Professor Attfield, M,A., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



