362 Lomas: Geology at the British Assoctation. 
Leamington,’ which showed in its structure an approach 
towards the Paleozoic Crossopterygian fishes. Mr. H. C. 
Beasley, after a careful study of the wonderful find of foot- 
prints at Storeton last year, was able to give further information 
regarding some of the forms he has described, and Mr. Lomas 
gave an account of a large slab containing fifteen impressions 
made by the same animal. So perfect were the prints that the 
full structure of the foot, including the skin, claws, and musculag 
pads could be ascertained, It was suggested that Chezrotherium 
walked erect on the pes and only used the manus for support 
when bending down. The Triassic fauna and flora of Leicester- 
shire were well described by Mr. A. R. Horwood. 
The set discussion of the Section on ‘Iron Ore supplies ’* 
was opened by Mr. Bennett Brough and Prof. Sjégren. The 
former took a pessimistic view of the future of the British Iron 
supply, but we were relieved to hear from Prof. Sjég¢ren that 
vast stores of ore are available from Scandinavia. Prof. 
Lapworth pointed out the changes in the centre of gravity of 
the iron industry in Britain. When the native forests were 
used to smelt the ore, the Weald was the great centre. As 
coal came to be used, the centre moved to the coal-fields, and 
now the Lias and Oolite rocks supply the greater part of the 
iron supply of England. Mr. Lamplugh pointed out that when 
the richer ores were exhausted the leaner kinds would be used, 
and of these there is still a great supply. The President 
thought that Australia, with its vast coal supplies and good 
means of transport, would eventually be the great centre of 
iron supply. 
Paleontology was not much in evidence, but two papers by 
Mr. F. Raw on the ‘Trilobite fauna of the Shineton Shales’ and 
‘The development of Olenus salteri,’ were most admirable. A 
marine remarkable peat was described by the present writer. 
The report of the Kirmington Committee dealt very fully 
with the mammaliferous gravels at Bielsbeck, in the Vale of 
York. The age of the deposit is still uncertain, as no evidence 
of ice action was observed in the material associated with 
“ By some mischance Mr. Brough, in the abstract of his valuable paper, 
is made to attribute the whole of the ‘ brown iron-ore beds’ of Lincolnshire, 
Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire to the Inferior Oolite. We are sure 
Mr. Brough would not desire so misleading a statement to remain long un- 
corrected. By far the greater part of the Lincolnshire ore is derived from 
the Lower and Middle Lias, the Northampton ironstone being worked only 
at two places, and in Leicestershire very large quantities of ore are obtained 
from the Middle Lias.—P. F. K. 
Naturalist, 
