﻿CXXX PROCEEDlIs-GS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Aug. I908, 



The President read out the Result of the Poll, taken to ascertain 

 the opinion of the Fellows resident in the United Kingdom as to 

 the Admission of Women to the Society, as follows : — 



Papers sent out 870 



j^nswers received 477 



Analysis of Replies. 



(1) Are you in favour of the Admission of Women to the Geological Society 

 of London ? 



Yes 342 



No 133 



Not specified 2 



477 



(2) Aie you in favour of the Admission of Women as Fellows, or as 

 Associates only ? The 342 in favour of Admission voted : — 



As Fellows 248 



As Associates 84 



Not specified ♦. 10 



342 



(3) If there should not be a majority of those voting in favour of Women 

 Fellows, are you in favour of their Admission as Associates ? 



Yes 304 



No 35 



Not specified , 3 



342 



Add votes of those against Admission of 



Women at all 133 



And those who are neutral 2 



477 



(4) The foregoing analysis shows that there were : 



In favour of the Admission of 1 040 

 Women as Fellows j 



{133 against the Admission of Women 

 at all. 

 84 in favour of the Admission of 

 Women as Associates only. 

 Majority in favour of the "j 

 Admission of Women as ^ 31 

 Fellows J 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' On some Fossil Fishes discovered by Prof. Ennes de Souza 

 in the Cretaceous Formation at Ilheos, State of Bahia (Brazil). 

 By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.G.S. 



2. ' The Bala and Llandovery Rocks of Glyn Ceiriog (North 

 Wales).' By Dr. Theodore Groom. M.A., F.G.S., and Philip Lake, 

 M.A., F.G.S. 



The following specimens, etc. were exhibited : — 



F'ish-remains from Lower Cretaceous shale at Ilheos, State of 

 Bahia (Brazil), exhibited by Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., F.L..S., 

 V.P.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Specimens and microscope-sections of Bala and Llandovery 



