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previous sandy matrix adhering, was considered as conclusive evi- 

 dence with regard to the Cetacean remains. 



Mr. Lankester then described the tusks of an animal allied to 

 the Walrus, but probably much larger, which he proposed to call 

 Trichecodon Ruxleyi. The minute details of form and structure 

 were entered into, and the author stated that the teeth called 

 Baloenodon by Professor Owen belonged really to two genera, Ziphius 

 and Squalodon, as shown by the remains from the Middle Antwerp 

 beds. 



2. " Note on the Geology of Harrogate." By Professor John 

 PhilHps, M.A., P.E.S., F.G.S. 



The cuttings on the North-eastern Eailway, combined with sec- 

 tions exposed in several quarries, have enabled the author to trace 

 the range of the Millstone-grit, Calcareous roadstone, and Toredale 

 Shales near Harrogate ; and have also thrown some light on the re- 

 lation of the Permian to the more ancient rocks. Professor Phillips 

 was also enabled to refer the mineral springs, with greater confidence 

 than heretofore, to a deep source along an axis of movement ; and 

 to suggest that the Harrogate roadstone probably corresponds to 

 the Main, or twelve fathom, limestone at the top of the Toredale 

 series. These results, the arguments and facts in support of them, 

 and the inferences obtainable from their consideration, were given 

 by the author in this paper, which was illustrated by a horizontal 

 section from Wharf e, on the S.E., through Harrogate, to Nid on the 

 N.W. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 

 Felruary 17th. 



The Secretary read the Eeports of the Council, of the Museum 

 and Library Committee, and of the Auditors. The remarkable in- 

 crease in the numbers of the Society and the condition of the So- 

 ciety's finances were stated to be very satisfactory. 



The President amiounced the award of the Wollaston Gold 

 Medal to Thomas DaA^idson, Esq., F.E.S., &c., for the highly im- 

 portant services he has rendered through many years to the Science 

 of Geology by his critical and philosophical works on Eossil Bra- 

 chiopoda; and, in handing the Medal to that distinguished Palaeon- 

 tologist, he commented on the valuable contributions to science 

 furnished by him to the volumes of the Palseontographical Society, 

 remarking that their value was much enhanced in consequence of 



