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reproduced in Nature for 16th September, 1909. The Cainozoic 

 rhyolites of Cloughwater and Ballycloughan were also visited. 



The Cretaceous Strata so intimately connected with the 

 name of the late Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S.,* the distinguished 

 founder of our Field Club, were examined upon the last four 

 excursions, exposures having been selected typical of three of the 

 five divisions into which Dr. Humef has, in accordance with local 

 variations, marked out these strata. At Cloughfin and Woodburn, 

 some characteristics of his " Eastern Division " were studied, and 

 a number of fossils obtained ; while at Moira the frequency of 

 paramoudras, which form a prominent feature in the " Southern 

 Division," was noted, the paramoudras forming a fine vertical 

 series in the faces of two of the chalk quarries. An Excursion to 

 Colin Glen, to examine a typical section in the " Central Division," 

 was arranged for 23rd October, but had to be given up on account 

 of the severity of the weather. Later, however, on 6th November, 

 one in this Division was carried out to Squire's Hill to obtain, in 

 response to a request from Mr. Wm. Hill, F.G.S., of Hitchin, 

 specimens of our Cretaceous rocks. To those obtained on this 

 Excursion, our Chairman (Mr. Tomlinson) added a number from 

 his own private collection, and all were forwarded to Mr. Hill. 



At the beginning of the season Mr. Wickes, of Bristol, asked 

 that " Beekite" markings on shells or corals should be reported to 

 him ; and in Autumn the Committee had the pleasure of sending 

 forward a large number of fossils, with fine examples of such 

 markings, collected by Mr. Robert Bell. 



During the Winter Session some very interesting com- 

 munications were read. The Section opened on November 24th 

 with an important lecture by Mr. James Strachan on " Penological 



*See Memoir "On the Correlation of the Cretaceous Formations of the 

 North East of Ireland," by Ralph Tate, Esq., F.G.S., Quarterly Journal of 

 the Geological Society, February, 1865. Also see Report of Excursion to 

 Woodburn Glen in these Proceedings. 



t" The Cretaceous Strata of County Antrim," by Dr. W. Fraser Hume, 

 F.G.S., Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 15th December, 1897, 

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