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The toast of "The Queen" having been loyally honoured, 

 Mr. CossHAM briefly referred to the ground they had that day 

 gone over, and gave a few statistics of the resources of the 

 Coal-measures of that part of the basin, stating that 40,000,000 

 of tons of unwrought coal yet remained in Kingswood for future 

 use, but that much yet remained to be done fully to develope 

 the resources of the district. He -strongly advised that the 

 Club should, in order to complete their survey of the district, 

 examine the line of railway-cuttings between Mangotsfield and 

 Bath, returning by boat up the Avon ; — a delightful excursion, 

 which may, it is hoped, be practically developed in this year's 

 programme. 



On the way to the Station at Mangotsfield an accident 

 occurred which, fortunately, was productive of no ill conse 

 quences beyond a severe shaking. While proceeding leisurely 

 along, the carriage, in which were seated the President, Vice- 

 President, Mr. Etheridge, and four or five others, without 

 the slightest warning, parted suddenly in two, bringing the 

 occupants to the ground with a sharp shock. Fortunately, 

 beyond a few bruises, no harm was done ; and the party reached 

 the Station just in time to save the train to Gloucester. 



The last Field Meeting of the season was held at 

 MOEETON-IN-THE-MAESH, 



on Thursday and Friday, 22nd and 23rd August, 1872. 



The district lying round Moreton has become classical ground 

 to the Cotteswold Geologist since the publication in our Trans- 

 actions of Mr. Lucy's able and exhaustive paper on " The 

 Gravels of the Severn, Avon, and Evenlode." 



The district is somewhat remote from the more central part 

 of the county, and this circumstance, joined to certain difficul- 

 ties of communication render more than one day needful for 

 the due exploration and examination of the points of greatest 

 interest; these difficulties, indeed, on a former occasion ren- 

 dered a proposed meeting at Moreton nugatory. On the present 

 occasion, however, I am happy to say it was not so ; and a small 



