XU ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



1853. 



November 2nd. — On the Coal Measures of the South Joggins, Nova 

 Scotia, by J. W. Dawson, Esq. ; communicated by Sir Charles 

 Lyell, V.'P.G.S. 



On the Coal Measures at the Albion Mines, Pictou, 



Nova Scotia, by H. Poole, Esq., and J. W. Dawson, Esq. ; com- 

 municated by Sir Charles Lyell, V.P.G.S. 



November 16th. — The Superficial Deposits of the Isle of Wight, by 

 Joshua Trimmer, Esq., F.G.S. 



On the Geology of some Parts of Central India, below 



lat. 22° N., by Lieut. R. H. Sankey, H.E.I. C.S. ; communicated 

 by Prof. Ansted, F.G.S. 



November 30th. — On the Occurrence of Insects in the Wealden 

 Strata of the Sussex Coast, by W. R. Binfield, Esq., and H. Bin- 

 field, Esq, ; communicated by Prof. J. Morris, F.G.S. 



On the Age of the Fossiliferous Gravels at Farringdon, 



by Daniel Sharpe, Esq., Treas. G.S. 



December 14th. — On a Specimen of Volkmannia Morrisii, from the 

 Glasgow Coal Shale, by J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.G.S. 



On the Structure of Chonetes comoides, by Thomas 



Davidson, Esq., F.G.S. 



On a Batrachian Fossil from the Pictou Coal Field, 



Nova Scotia, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. 



On Track-Prints in the Lower Lingula Flags of North 



Wales, by J. W. Salter, Esq., F.G.S. 



1854. 

 January 4th. — On the superior limits of the Pleistocene Deposits in 



the Isle of Man, by the Rev. J. G. Gumming, F.G.S. 

 On the Geology of Rainy Lake, by J.J, Bigsby, M.D., 



F.G.S. 



On some Swallow-holes in tlie Chalk near Canterbury, 



by Joseph Prestwich, Jun., Esq., F.G.S. 



January 18th. — On the Structure and Origin of Sand-Pipes in the 

 Chalk, by Joseph Prestwich, Jun., Esq., F.G.S. 



On Pipes and Furrows in Calcareous and Non-Cal- 

 careous Strata, by Joshua Trimmer, Esq., F.G.S. 



February 1st. — On the Geology of the Gold-bearing district of Me- 

 rionethshire, North Wales, by Prof. A. C. Ramsay, F.G.S. 



On Auriferous Quartz-rock in North Cornwall, by 



S. R. Pattison, Esq., F.G.S. 



On the Physical Geology of the Himalayas, by Capt. 



R. Strachey, F.G.S. 



After the Reports had been read, it was resolved, — 

 That they be received and entered on the Minutes of the Meeting ; 

 and that such parts of them as the Council shall think fit be printed 



and distributed among the Fellows. 



It was afterwards resolved, — 

 1. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir Charles Lyell 

 and Prof. Owen, retiring from the oflace of Vice-President. 



