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April 20th, 1898. 



W. Whitaker, B.A., P.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Theodore Charles Cotherill, Esq., 8 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar 

 Square, W.C. ; Charles Hawksley, Esq., 30 Great George Street, 

 Westminster, S.W. ; Herbert Stanley Jevons, Esq., 2 The Chestnuts, 

 Branch Hill, Hampstead, jN.W. ; and William John Waterman, Esq., 

 Vancouver (British Columbia), were elected Eellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' Note on an Ebbing and Elowing Well at Newton Nottage 

 (Glamorganshire).' By H. G. Madau, Esq., M.A., E.C.S. (Com- 

 municated by A. Strahan, Esq., M.A., E.G.S.) 



2. ' PetaloGrinus: By F. A. Bather, Esq., M.A., E.G.S. 



8. ' On the Origin of the Auriferous Conglomerates of the Gold 

 Coast Colony (West Africa).' By T. E. B. Sam, Esq. (Commu- 

 nicated by J. L. Lobley, Esq., E.G.S.) 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Kock-specimens from Newton Nottage, exhibited by H. G. Madan, 

 Esq., M.A., E.C.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Specimens of Fetalocrinus and Microscope-sections of the Matrix, 

 exhibited by E. A. Bather, Esq., M.xi., E.G.S., in illustration of 

 his paper. 



Type-specimen of Hapalocrinus Victorice, Bather, from the Silurian 

 of Victoria (Australia), exhibited by E. A. Bather, Esq., M.A.,. 

 E.G.S. 



Specimens of Auriferous Conglomerate and Vein-quartz from 

 Adjah Bippo, Gold Coast Colony (West Africa), exhibited by 

 J. L. Lobley, Esq., E.G.S., in illustration of Mr. T. B. E. Sam's 

 paper. 



May 4th, 1898. 



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



M. Marcelin Boule, of Paris ; Dr. W. H. Dall, of Washington, 

 D.C. (U.S.A.) ; and M. A. Karpinsky, of St. Petersburg, were 

 elected Eoreign Correspondents of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



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