EAST KENT 



MTURAL HISTOEY SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1880. 



The Bieetings of the Society in the early jiart of the year, 

 under the presidentship of Colonel Cox were well attended ; 

 and particularh'notioeahle were the fine geological collections 

 laid upon the tables at those meetings by Stanley Cox, Esq. 

 More especially interesting to the naturalists of this district 

 were the polished sections of flints from the chalk, showing 

 the A'arious forms of fossil sponges and their allies, described 

 in a paper read before the Society by Colonel Cox, and 

 published with the transactions for this year. 



The Committee feel that the Society are much indebted 

 to Gr. Dowker, Escp, F.Gr.S., for his able paper " On the 

 changes tliat have taken place in the coast line and ri^'ers of 

 East Kent since the Roman occupation of Britain,',' forming, 

 as it does, an important record, not otherwise existing, of the 

 highest geological importance. 



Among the Geological papers, one of much interest Avas 

 read by A. S. Reid, Esq., B.A., of St. John's College, 

 Cambridge, " On the formation of Red Rocks." It is 

 regretted this gentleman only fm-nished an abstract of his 

 paper. 



