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VOL. XIV.(2) THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 7 
“Schools of Science and Art and Technology, and in the 
Public Library, of the managing committee of which he 
wasamember. - 
I now pass to an account of our work for the year. 
The Annual Meeting was held at the Bell Hotel, 
Gloucester, on April 23rd, 1901, when I took as the subject 
of my Presidential Address “ Coal and the Coal Question.” 
Subsequently all the Officers of the Club were re-elected, 
and certain alterations were made in our Rules. 
The first Field Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 
2Ist, 1901, at Malmesbury. The main object of this 
excursion was to examine the fine sections of Cornbrash 
and Forest Marble on the new Great Western Railway. 
Meeting at Kemble Station at 10 a.m., the members 
drove to Malmesbury, vza Oaksey, examining by the way 
a section in the Forest Marble, and also an interesting 
earthwork at Dean Farm. Though this earthwork had 
the general structure of a British camp, the large isolated 
mound at one corner hardly supported such a conclusion : 
moreover it is situated on comparatively low ground. 
In an adjoining field were found many fragments of 
Roman pottery and some worked flints. A stone, let into 
the north wall of Oaksey Church, whereon is carved a 
remarkable nude figure of a woman, gave rise to some 
discussion. Near Garsdon, a good section of the Corn- 
brash was inspected. Some large, but imperfect, Ammonites 
(Macrocephatites) were found: also numerous specimens 
of Pholadomya, and a well preserved Pewna. After par- 
taking of lunch at the Kings Arms, Malmesbury, the 
historic Abbey was visited. The rest of the afternoon 
was devoted to an examination of the railway cuttings 
at Bradfield Farm, about five miles from Malmesbury 
in the direction of Chippenham. Under the able guidance 
of the Rev. H. H. Winwood, F.G.S., the sections were 
fully examined. After tea at Malmesbury the members 
returned to Kemble in time for the 8.14 train. 
