Vol. 54.] PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. cix 



June 8th, 1898. 



W. Whitaker, B.A., F.RS,, President, in the Chair. 



James Willoughby Small, Esq., Principal of Victoria College, 

 Jaffna (Ceylon), was elected a Pellow; and Prof. 0. C. Marsh, 

 Ph.D., LL.D., M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. (U.S.A.), 

 was elected a Foreign Member of the Society. 



The Names of certain Fellows were read out for the first time, in 

 conformity with the Bye-Laws, Sect. VI. Art. 5, in consequence 

 of the non-payment of Arrears of Contributions. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' On the Discovery of Natural Gas in East Sussex.' By 

 C. Dawson, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.A. 



2. ' Note on Natural Gas at Heathfield Station (Sussex).' By J. T. 

 Hewitt, M.A., D.Sc, Ph.D. (Communicated by the President.) 



3. * On some High-level Gravels in Berkshire and Oxfordshire.' 

 By 0. A. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.S. 



4. ' The GIoh{gerina-M.arls of Barbados.' By G. F. Franks, Esq., 

 M.A., F.G.S., and Prof. J. B. Harrison, M.A., F.G.S. With an 

 Appendix on the Foraminifera by F. Chapman, Esq., A.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S. 



The following exhibits were shown : — 



Mr. C. E. Masterman, Manager of the Denayrouze Light Syndicate, 

 in illustration of Mr. Dawson's paper, exhibited the natural gas as 

 burnt in incandescent burners ; also as ignited in its raw state. 



Specimens and Microscope-sections, exhibited by 0. A. Shrubsole, 

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



Specimens and Microscope-sections, exhibited by G. F. Franks, 

 Esq., M.A., F.G.S., and Prof. J. B. Harrison, M.A., F.G.S., in illus- 

 tration of their paper. 



A series of 17 mounted Slides of Foraminifera from the Globi- 

 gerina-MaTla of Barbados, exhibited by F. Chapman, Esq., A.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S. 



