384 Miscellaneous — Geologists' Association. 



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Geologists' Association Excursion- to the London- Area. — Subject 

 to possible interruption the Council has wisely arranged that the 

 usual Long Excursion shall be held in the London area between 

 August 25 and September 5. This has for long been suggested as 

 -affording an inexpensive and agreeable excursion for provincial 

 members. The proceedings may commence with an evening meeting, 

 at which a general sketch of the geology of the London district 

 will be given, with special references to the places to be visited. 

 Excursions, arranged for eight or ten days, will comprise field-work 

 in the following formations: Lower Greensand (Hythe Beds and 

 Folkestone Beds), Gault, Chalk, Thanet Sand, Woolwicb and Beading 

 Beds, Blackheath and Oldhaven Beds, London Clay and Bagshot 

 Beds, Pleistocene deposits (Glacial Drift and Paver Drift), and gravels 

 of various ages. As opportunities arise attention will be directed to 

 the casual connexions between the geology and geography of the 

 various localities. It is hoped that the series of excursions will form 

 a fairly complete demonstration of the field geology and geography of 

 the London district. Those localities marked with an asterisk will have 

 first consideration. ^'Charlton, Chalk and Lower London Tertiaries ; 

 * Crayford and Dartford Heath, Biver Drift, gravels, and brick-earths, 

 Palseolithic sites ; *Dorking, the Chalk Escarpment and the Gorge of 

 the Mole ; Edmonton, Lea Yalley gravels, Late Arctic deposits ; 

 *Erith, Lower London Tertiaries for comparison with Charlton ; 

 ^Godstone, Upper Greensand, hearthstone excavations, Lower Green- 

 sand, Folkestone Beds ; Grays, Chalk, whitening and cement works, 

 river gravels, and brick-earths ; Guildford, Lower Cretaceous rocks, 

 Chalk, geographical features ; *Harefield, solution phenomena 

 illustrated by ' pipes ' in the Chalk ; *Herne Bay, continuous section 

 of Lower London Tertiaries (Thanet, Woolwich, and Oldhaven Beds) 

 and London Clay for comparison with the sections in the London 

 .area ; * Hertford and Herttngfordburg, Glacial Drift ; *Leatherhead, 

 the Chalk Escarpment, Yale of Holmesdale, and the Yalley of the 

 Mole ; *North Downs, Guildford, Leatherhead, Worm's Heath, and 

 Tandridge Hill, at the two latter places outliers of Blackheath Beds, 

 'pipes,' and other solution phenomena; Otford, chalky rainwash, 

 Gault, and the Gorge of the Darent ; ^Ponders End, gravels in the 

 Lea Valley; *Potters Bar, swallow-holes; Reigate, Lower Greensand 

 and Chalk; * Reading and Wokingham, Beading Beds and London 

 Clay ; St. George's Hill, Bagshot Beds ; St. Albans, Boulder-clay 

 and Glacial Gravels; *Well Hill, outliers of Woolwich and Blackheath 

 Beds, dry valley gravel and hill gravel, swallow-boles. All members, 

 but particularly those living in the provinces, who contemplate 

 joining these excursions, are requested to send their names to the 

 Secretary immediately. 



Geological Survey op the TTnion of South Africa. — Mr. H. 

 Kynaston, B.A., F.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey of the 

 Union of South Africa, Pretoria, writes, under date May 10, 1915, 

 stating there will be no Annual Beport of this Survey issued for the 

 year 1914. 



