﻿CXXviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I908. 



After discussion, the following amendmeut proposed by Dr. A. 

 Smith Woodward, and seconded by Mr. H. A. Allen, was voted 

 upon, and passed by 43 to 34 : 



' That it is desirable that women should be admitted as Fellows of the 

 Society, assuming that this can be done under the present Charter.' 



The foregoing amendment having then been declared a sub- 

 stantive motion, the following amendment to it was proposed by 

 Mr. H. B. Woodward, and seconded by Mr. 0. T. Jones : 



' That a poll of all the Fellows of the Society resident in the United 

 Kingdom be taken, to ascertain whether a majority is in favour of 

 admitting women to the Society, and, if so, whether as Fellows or as 

 Associates.' 



This was agreed to by 54 to 24, and was declared a substantive 

 motion by show of hands. 



An Associate is defined in the proposed New Section of the 

 Bye-Laws, submitted to the Special General Meeting held on 

 May 15th, 1907, see Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. l^iii, Proe. 

 p. Ixxiii. 



April 15th, 1908. 



Dr. J. J. Haeeis Teall, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read ; — 



1. ' The Geological Structure of the St. David's Area (Pembroke- 

 shire).' By John Frederick Norman Green, B.A., F.G.S. 



2. ' Notes on the Geology of Burma.' By Leonard V. Dalton, 

 B.Sc, F.E.G.S. (Communicated by Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S., V.P.G.S.) 



The following specimens, etc. and maps were exhibited : — 



Rock-specimens, sections, and lantern-slides, exhibited by J. F. 

 N. Green, B.A., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Maps, presented by the Director of H.M. Geological Survey : — 

 Special 1-inch Oxford Sheet, 1908 ; Sheet 125, n.s., Derby (Drift), 

 colour-printed, and Sheet 295, n.s., Taunton (Drift), colour-printed, 

 1908 ; also 6-inch maps — Edinburghshire, n.s.. Sheet 12 S.E. 

 (Solid & Drift) 1907, and Haddingtonshire, n.s., Sheet 4 S.W. 

 (Drift) and 4 S.E. (Solid & Drift) 1907. 



