412 Proceedings. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 7th, 1891. 



Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., President, in 



the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



A communication from Mr. Percy F. Kendall, F.G.S., 

 the Secretary of the newly-formed North- West of England 

 Boulder Committee, was read, in which it was stated that 

 the Committee invited co-operation in the work of recording 

 the fast-vanishing erratic blocks of the North- Western Coun- 

 ties of England. It is felt that, by concerted action, many 

 priceless pieces of evidence regarding the Glacial Epoch 

 can be rescued from destruction. The admirable work 

 which has been done by the Yorkshire Committee furnishes 

 an example of what can be accomplished. The Committee 

 will operate in concert with the British Association Boulder 

 Committee, and will report to that body ; and, in addition, 

 it is proposed to prepare a large scale map upon which all 

 boulders, ice-scratched surfaces, and other evidence of glacial 

 action, will be recorded. Descriptions of all exposures of 

 glacial deposits, but more especially such as are of a tem- 

 porary character, will be welcomed by the Committee, and 

 arrangements made for their publication. The Committee 

 has already at its command the nucleus of a collection of 

 rock specimens, which will be available for comparison with 

 boulders, and any donations of localized specimens from 

 the Lake District, Galloway, the North-East of Ireland, or 

 North Wales, would be valuable. 



Mr. Faraday exhibited and explained specially com- 

 piled tables in support of the conclusions in his paper 



