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laSIPOiaTS J^-JSTID I3I^OGE!ElIDII^^G^S. 



Geological Society of London. 



L_Xovember 22, 1899.— W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., President, in 



the Chair. 



The President, having requested all present to rise from 

 their seats, expressed in feeling terms the sorrow felt by the 

 Society at the unexpectedlv sudden loss of an esteemed Fellow 

 and genial friend, Dr. Henry Hicks, F.R.S., V.P.G.S., to 

 Avhose energy and perseverance the Quarterly Journal owed 

 so many papers, and from whom many more valuable con- 

 tributions might have been expected in the years to come. 

 The following i-esolution had been passed by the Council that 

 afternoon, and a copy thereof had been communicated to 

 Mrs. Hicks with an expression of sincere sympathy : — 



" That the Council desire to place on record their great 



grief at the loss which Geological Science and the 



Geological Society have sustained by the death of 



their Vice-President, Dr. Henry Hicks, who so recently 



occupied the Presidential chair, and so energetically 



attended to the welfare of the Society." 



The President then said that the Society had to deplore 



another severe loss in the person of their revered friend, 



Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S., who died at Montreal 



on Sunday, the 19th inst. The Council had passed the 



following resolution : — 



" That the Council have heard with deep regret of the 

 decease of the old and valued Fellow of the Geological 

 Society, Sir J. W. Dawson, who for nearly fifty years has 

 taken an active part in advancing geological knowledge 

 in general, and more especially with regard to the great 

 Dominion of Canada ; and they desire to assure Lady 

 Dawson, and the distinguished Fellow of the Society, 

 Dr. George Dawson, of the Council's sincere sympathy 

 in their loss." 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On some Remarkable Calcisponges from the Eocene Tertiary 

 Strata of Victoria (Australia)." By George Jennings Hinde, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., F.G.S. 



