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the local geology, and Mr. Robarts called attention to the probable 
British trackway from Chipstead to Woodcote. 
The gravels at the top of the hill were examined, and found to 
consist of large, almost unrolled flints, pebbles (tertiary ?), ironstone, 
and chert, in a clayey matrix. There was no sign of current bedding. 
The party then divided, some going to visit a supposed denehole, 
under the guidance of Mr. H. C. Collyer, whilst the remainder of the 
party completed the original route, walking down the valley to Stoat’s 
Nest Station, examining the gravels in the valley, which were found 
to consist of flints more rolled than those of Banstead Wood, with a 
smaller percentage of chert, pebbles (tertiary ?) and ironstone. 
April 18th.—To New Cross Gate, to see a section in the London 
County Council’s Tramway Yard, under the guidance of Mr. N. F. 
- Robarts, F.G.S. 
Six members were present, who examined the section, which com- 
menced in sands below the Paludina bed of the Woolwich and Reading 
Beds, or else that bed had thinned out between the station and the 
L. B. & S.C. R. cutting about six hundred yards to the south-east, 
and south of New Cross Station. The beds were exposed down to the 
_pebble-bed (Woolwich and Reading series), but the bottom of that bed 
was not shown, although it had been passed through to the Thanet 
Sand in a trial boring. 
June 20th.—To Mr. George Young’s Gravel Pit in Sydenham Road, 
Croydon. 
Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., conducted the party, consisting of ten 
members. Mr. W. Bruce Bannerman, F.G.S., to whom the pit be- 
longed, was also present, and gave information. 
The section showed 1 ft. 6 in. to 2 ft. soil, above about 15 ft. of gravel 
and 1 ft. 6 in. of sand resting on London Clay, from which last were ° 
taken some iron pyrites and pyritised wood. In the gravel a quartzite 
pebble was found by Dr. Hinde. The gravel was formed almost entirely 
of subangular flints and a few “‘ Blackheath” pebbles, but no sandstone, 
ironstone, or other tertiary remains, except the quartzite, were noticed. 
June 24th.—To Messrs. Hall and Co.’s gravel pits at Beddington 
Lane, under the guidance of Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S. 
Seven members were present, who examined the gravels. 
July 27th.—To the grounds of Earlswood Asylum, under the guid- 
ance of Dr. H. Franklin Parsons, F.G.S., for the purpose of seeing the 
limestone of the Wealden Beds containing fossils. The stone was not 
seen in situ, but lay about in heaps. It was found to contain Palw- 
dina and Unio. 
Four members and a friend were present. 
November 5th.—To Honor Oak Hill, under the leadership of Mr. 
W. Whitaker, F.R.S. Seven members and friends were present. 
The party walked over the hill and noted the landslip in London 
Clay, almost upon the watershed forming the boundary between Surrey 
and Kent. The slip showed a vertical face of about twelve feet, and 
extended for about three hundred yards. A small remnant of the 
gravel once covering the district was noticed on the top of the hill. 
Owing to the paucity of new sections opened during the year, there 
has been less to report than usual, but whilst new drains were being 
made in Plough Lane the Marsupites zone in the Chalk was discovered, 
which had not previously been noted in this district. 
