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The paper was illustrated by specimens and by a beautiful series 

 of lantern slides of scenery and photomicrographs. 



II. — Geological Society of London. 



1. January 24, 1917.— Dr. Alfred Harker, F.B..S., President, in the 



Chair. 



Dr. Aubrey Straban, F.K.S., Director of H.M. Geological Survey, addressing 

 tbe President and Fellows, said tbat in 1914 a proposal was made to subscribe 

 for a bust of Sir Archibald Geikie which would be presented to the Board of 

 Education for preservation in the Museum of Practical Geology. Notwith- 

 standing that war broke out shortly after the scheme was launched, the 

 proposal was warmly supported by geologists at home and abroad, and among 

 others by Fellows of the Society. A marble bust, executed by Professor E. 

 Lanteri, of tbe Royal College of Art, was presented to the Board on March 14, 

 1916, and placed in the Museum. At the same time a replica was presented 

 to Sir Archibald, who has since made it a gift to the University of Edinburgh, 

 where he was the first Murchison Professor. The past and present staff of the 

 Geological Survey and Museum, thinking that a copy of the original model of 

 the bust would be a suitable gift to tbe Geological Society of London, in whose 

 affairs Sir Archibald had taken so prominent a part, had caused a cast to be 

 made, and Dr. Strahan, on their behalf, offered it for the acceptance of the 

 Society. 



The President, referring to Sir Archibald Geikie's long and intimate con- 

 nexion with the Society, gratefully accepted the gift on behalf of the Fellows. 



Mr. Scoresby Routledge, M.A., gave an account of Easter Island. 

 He said that the expedition that he had had the honour to command 

 was organized with the object of carrying out a long-standing wish 

 of various bodies interested in anthropology. This wish was that 

 Easter Island, and other islands most near to it, though far distant 

 from it, should be thoroughly examined, and that all information 

 and material thereon found should be carefully considered on the 

 spot, or, if possible, be brought back for comparative study. 



This programme necessitated a vessel being specially designed, 

 built, and equipped for the purpose. A schooner with auxiliary 

 motor power, the Mana, of 90 tons gross register, 78 feet on the 

 water-line, 20 feet beam, and drawing 10*5 feet aft, was accordingly 

 completed by the end of 1912, and she sailed from Southampton in 

 February, 1913, with a company of twelve all told, of whom four 

 formed the scientific staff. After the longest voyage ever made by 

 a yacht under canvas, she sailed into Southampton again in June, 

 1916, without having experienced accident to man or material. 



The course taken was through the Magellan Straits, and thence 

 through the labyrinth of Andean waterways that stretch north 

 therefrom, and are known as the Patagonian Channels. 



On reaching Juan Fernandez Island, the Mafia had to put back 

 to Valparaiso because the geologist of the expedition, the late 

 Mr. F. L. Corry, had contracted typhoid fever on the Chilean coast. 

 Mr. Corry never recovered sufficiently to allow him to rejoin the 

 expedition. Hence no formal geological report on the island could 

 be submitted to the meeting. It was thought best, therefore, to 

 endeavour to convey the conditions existent on Easter Island by 

 means of a series of panoramic and other photographs, specially taken 



