ex PBOCEEDrtfGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCTETr. [Aug. 1 898. 



June 22nd, 1898. 



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



Hugh Davies, Esq., 58 Ronalds Road, Holloway, N., was 

 elected a Fellow ; and Prof. H. Credner, Ph.D., of Leipzig, was 

 elected a Foreign AT ember of the Sociey. 



The following Xames of Fellows of the Society were read out for 

 the second time, in conformity with the Bye-Laws, Sect. YI. Art. 5, 

 in consequence of the non-payment of Arrears of Contributions : — 

 W. H. Clarke, Esq. : G. DE^'T, Esq, ; Rev. Z. T. Dowex ; J. Evaxs, 

 Esq. (BuUi) ; G. A. Lefeoy, Esq. ; C. G. Richaedson, Esq. ; 

 R. Tatloe, Esq. ; E. Kempee-Yoss, Esq. ; D. J. Wllll^ms, Esq. ; 

 and A. AN'oonnorsE, Esq. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' Post-GIacial Beds exposed in the Cutting of the new Bruges 

 Canal.'* By T. Mellard Reade, Esq., C.E., F.G.S. 



2. ' High-level :Marine Drift at Colwyn Bay.' " By T. :N[eUard 

 Reade, Esq., C.E., F.G.S. 



3. ' Observations on the Geology of Franz Josef Land.' By 

 Dr. Pt. Koettlitz. (Communicated bv E. T. Xewton, Esq., F.R.S., 

 F.G.S.) 



4. ' ]S^otes on Rocks and Fossils from Franz Josef Land brought 

 home bv Dr. Koettlitz, of the Jackson-Hamisworth Expedition.' 

 By E. T. IS'ewton, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., and J. J. H. Teail, Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.S., Y.P.G.S. 



5. 'On the Corallian Rocks of Upware.' By C. B. Wedd, Esq., 

 B.A. (Communicated by J. E. Marr, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.) 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Hand-specimens and Microscope-slides, exhibited by T, Mellard 

 Reade, Esq., C.E., F.G.S., in illustration of his papers. 



Fossils and Rock-specimens collected by the Jackson-Harmsworth 

 Expedition, exhibited by Messrs. E. T. Xewton, P\R.S., F.G.S., 

 and J. J. H. Teall, M.A., F.R.S., Y.P.G.S., in illustration of the 

 papers on Franz Josef Land. 



Fossils from the Corallian Rocks of Upware, exhibited by 

 H. Keeping, Esq., of the Woodwardian Museum, in illustration of 

 the paper by C. B. Wedd, Esq., B.A. 



Holocene (Roman and pre-Roman) and Pleistocene Shells from 

 Buckland, Dover, overlying Rubble Drift ; with Photographs of the 

 Sections, exhibited by the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, B.A., F.G.S. 



