viii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. {Feb. IQO/j.. 



The Chairman read, for the second time, in accordance with 

 Sect. XI, Art. 8 of the Bye-Laws, the two letters addressed to the 

 Secretary (pp. vi-vii) ; and notice was given of a Special General 

 Meeting to be held on February 24th, at 7.30 p.m. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' On a Deep-Sea Deposit from an Artesian Boring at Kilacheri, 

 near Madras.' By Prof. H. Narayana Rau, M.A., F.G.S. 



2. 'The RhaBtic Beds of the South-Wales Direct Line.' By 

 Prof. Sidney Hugh Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S., & Arthur Vaughan, 

 Esq., B.A., B.Sc, F.G.S. 



The following specimens, etc. were exhibited : — • 



Microscope-Sections of Radiolarian Rock from Kilacheri, exhibited 

 by Prof. H. Narayana Rau, M.A., F.G.S., in illustration of his 

 paper. 



Photographs and Lantern -Slides, exhibited by Prof. S. H. 

 Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S., & A. Vaughan, Esq., B.A., B.Sc, F.G.S., 

 in illustration of their paper. 



