Vol. 54.] PEOCEBDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ciu 



February 23rd, 1898. 



W. Whitaker, B.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



F. C. Harrison, Esq., Silcoates Hall, Wakefield, Yorks, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following commnnications were read : — 



1. ' On some Submerged Rock- Valleys in South Wales, Devon, 

 and CornwaU.' By T. Codrington, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., F.G.S. 



2. ' Some New Carboniferous Plants, and how they contributed 

 to the Formation of Coal-Seams.' By W. S. Gresley, Esq., F.G.S. 



The following drawings, maps, and specimens were exhibited : — 



Drawings of Carboniferous Plants, exhibited by W. S. Gresley, 

 Esq., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Eeptilian Bone derived from the Laramie Beds, found in the 

 Glacial Deposits, Edmonton (I^.W. Terr., Canada) ; Silicified Wood 

 from the Glacial Deposits (derived), same locality ; and Auriferous 

 Sand from the North Saskatchewan Eiver (N.W. Terr., Canada), 

 exhibited by W. P. D. Stebbing, Esq., F.G.S. 



Six sheets of the iqqqqq Geological Survey Map of Italy, Calabria, 

 by E. Cortese and C. Aichino. 



Plan of the Witwatersrand Goldfields, Transvaal, ^-^, drawn up 

 and presented by W. F. Regan. 1897. 



Geological Survey of England and Wales. Index Map, 1 inch 

 = 4 miles, Sheets 5 and 14 (Lithographed Edition), 1897. Pre- 

 sented by the Director-General of H.M. Geological Survey. 



March 9th, 1898. 

 W. Whttakee, B.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



Prof. J. W. JuDD exhibited, on behalf of the Coral Eeef Com- 

 mittee of the Royal Society, the lowest core (698 feet) from the 



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