134 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIBNCE.—1912. 
Mr. H. Tooley, the Essex County Council’s official, writes: ‘In no 
instances have I seen the boulders and fossils so numerous as at Harlow, 
chalk being in some cases the only substance noticed in addition to the 
clay.’ 
The boulders and fossils have been presented for the most part to 
the Essex Museum at Stratford. 
Reported by J. W. Sraturr, F'.G.S., Hull Geological Society. 
Within the last few months I have received a collection of boulders 
and pebbles from the Dogger Bank, dredged by Hull trawlers, about 
150 miles east of Coquet Island, off the Northumberland coast. 
The larger boulders consist for the most part of coarse crystalline 
rocks (schist, gneiss, quartzite, quartz-porphyry, &c.), while among 
the pebbles are two or three varieties of fine-grained granite, porphy- 
rite, basalt, and black flint. 
As to the original source of these rocks I am unable to say any- 
thing with certainty at present, as few (if any) of them belong to types 
with which I am familiar in Kast Yorkshire ; but I hope to be able, with 
the help of Scandinavian geologists, to locate at least some of them in 
the near future. 
The boulders have been sent to me by the ‘ Admiral’ of the Game- 
cock Fleet of Trawlers. 
Reported by Mr. T. Suepparp, F.G.S. 
The ‘ Hebbles’ in the Humber Estuary. 
Running parallel with the north shore of the Humber estuary a 
little to the east of the mouth of the River Hull, and at some distance 
from the shore, is a long submerged bank which considerably inter- 
feres with shipping. 
A little while ago it was decided that this should be removed, and 
powerful dredgers were used. The material excavated has been trans- 
ferred to another part of the estuary, and from an examination of this 
it is apparent that the bank instead of being an ordinary sand or mud 
bank, as was suspected, turned out to be of solid boulder clay. The 
boulders consisted of Carboniferous Limestone, Liassic and Oolitic 
fragments and fossils, Chalk, Basalts, Red Granites, &c., many of 
which are well striated. From the boulders and the clay it is apparent 
that the bank consists of the Middle Boulder Clay. Through the 
kindness of Mr. A. E. Butterfield, of the Humber Conservancy, I have 
been able to acquire a good selection of the boulders. 
TRELAND. 
Reported by Axtuur R. Dwerrynouse, D.Sc., F.G.S., M.R.I.A. 
County Antrim. 
On main road between Coratavey Bridge and Torteig (5 miles S.E. 
of Ballycastle) [Sheet 8} (620 feet). Red granite, red quartzite, 
basalt, mica-schist (local), dolerite of Fair Head, red quartz-porphyry, 
vein-quartz (striated), Carboniferous sandstone. 
Stream section below Torteig (430 feet): Brown sandy gravel with 
