430 REPORT— 1895/ 



Reported by Mr. T. Thelwall. 



Skidhy and Little Weighton — 

 Basalt. 



Reported hy Mr. W. N. Crofts. 

 Cottinghani — 

 4 basalts. 



Reported by Mr. J. Nicholson. 

 Swine — 



4 basalts ; 1 Millstone Grit ; 5 Carboniferous limestones. 



Reported by Mr. H. Robinson. 

 Sutton-on-Hull — 



5 basalts ; Carboniferous limestone ; Liassic limestone with Grypluea ; granite. 



Reported by Mr. P. F. Kendall. 



Out Newton, near Withernsea — 



Elseolite syenite (?) ; Laurvigite (augito syenite of La\irvig) ; rhomb -porphyry. 



Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland.- — Tirenttf -third Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Professor E. Hull {Chairman), 

 Professor J. Prestwich, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Professor 

 T. McK. Hughes, Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. C. E. De Range, 

 Mr. P. F. Kendall {Secretary), Mr. R. H. Tiddeman, Mr. J. W. 

 WooDALL, and Professor L. C. MlALL. {Braiun up hy the Secretary^ 



The Committee have again to report that the work of recording the ice- 

 borne erratics of Great Britain and Ireland has made satisfactory pi'ogress, 

 and that several districts, regarding which no information was previously 

 obtainable, have been reported upon. 



The Yorkshire Boulder Committee, acting in conjunction with the 

 sub-committee appointed by the Hull Geological Society, have presented 

 another valuable report. Further details are furnished relating to the re- 

 markable series of erratics found in the Yorkshire Calder ; but the most 

 notewoi-thy contribution is a tabulated list of no less than 2,070 boulders, 

 comprising the lohole of those visible i7i situ in the cliffs or lying on the 

 shore above ' half -tide,' along a length of fourteen miles of coast of 

 Holderness from Withernsea to Hornsea — a truly admirable piece of ob- 

 servation. 



Several records are given of the occurrence of Scandinavian erratics at 

 inland stations in Holderness. Other reports received from the same 

 source deal with sporadic boulders in other parts of Yorkshire. 



The Rev. W. Tuckwell, of Great Grimsby, has added to the list of 

 erratics noted in Lincolnshire, and is taking active measures to secure the 

 co-operation in the work of the clergy of the district. 



New ground has been broken in the county of Northumberland, with 



