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ments and facts in support of them, and the inferences obtainable 
from their consideration, were given by the author in this paper, 
which was illustrated by a horizontal section from Wharfe, on the 
S.E., through Harrogate, to Nid on the N.W. 
Royat GroLtocicaL Society or [RELAND.—I. January 11, the 
Rey. Dr. Lloyd in the chair. The Secretary read Dr. L. Linnsay’s 
paper on the Geology of the Gold-fields of New Zealand. That of 
Tuapeka in Otago has the gold in quartz-veins and in gravel, as 
usual: the latter alone yielded, up to Sept. 1864, gold valued at about 
£6,000,000. The Auckland or Coromandel Gold-field, described by 
Heaphy, Hochstetter, and Hector, consists also of auriferous quartz- 
veins and gravel, but has not been fully worked.—Mr. GiLpert 
SANDERS offered some remarks on the gold-valleys of Wicklow, espe- 
cially on their close geological similarity to those of New Zealand. 
The drift-gold, however, of which there is plenty, had not yet been 
clearly traced to any one of the quartz-veins in the Croghankinshela 
Mountain, neither by the Carysfoot Mining Company, nor when Go- 
vernment formerly worked the district. Magnetic iron occurs also 
in Wicklow, as at Auckland and elsewhere, with the gold-rocks.— 
Messrs. Scott, Baily, and Boswell also joined in the discussion; and 
Dr. Haughton (who took the chair when Dr. Lloyd left), in his 
closing observations, stated that Croghankinshela, on the flanks of 
which are the gold-streams, is a granite mountain of an extraordinary 
diversity of composition. 
II. The Annual Meeting was held on February 13, the Rev. Dr. 
Haughton in the chair. After the election of President, Officers, and 
new Fellows, the Secretary read the Annual Report, congratulating 
the Society on its improved position under its new name, and giving 
an obituary notice of the late and highly respected General Port- 
lock, whose name is intimately connected with the progress of Geo- 
logical Science, and with the Geology of Ireland in particular. Dr. 
J. K. Baillie and Mr. G. Blackwood were also noticed as lost to the 
Society by death. A valuable résumé of the papers read before the 
Society, and a favourable financial statement, completed the report. 
The Chairman also congratulated the Society on its well-being and 
good influence; on the communications it had received during the 
year; and on the high scientific standing and fitness of its new Pre- 
sident, the Earl of Enniskillen, F.R.S., &c. The Vice-Presidents are, 
Sir R. Griffith, Bart., W. J. Kelly, Esq., Dr. A. Carter, W. Andrews, 
Esq., and Rev. Dr. Lloyd: Treasurers, G. Sanders, Esq., and Dr. F. 
J. Sidney: Secretaries, R. H. Scott, Esq., and R. S. Reeves, Esq. 
EpinsurcaH GeoLocicaL Soctery.—January 26th, Mr. C. Mac- 
laren, F.G.S., President, in the chair. Mr. A. Marueson, Jedburgh, 
one of the Associates, gave an interesting description of ‘ The Fossil 
Plants in the Bed of the Tweed.’ He exhibited polished sections of 
these fossil plants from the Mountain-limestone, about from 200 to 
300 feet above its junction with the Old Red Sandstone at Tweed- 
mill and Norham Bridge. Mr. Matheson also described the ‘ Kames’ 
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