﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OE 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  V 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Subdivisions 
  of 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  Series 
  in 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  and 
  the 
  True 
  Position 
  of 
  the 
  Beds 
  mapped 
  as 
  the 
  Yoredale 
  

   Series.' 
  By 
  Dr. 
  Wheelton 
  Hind, 
  F.R.C.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  ' 
  Note 
  on 
  Yolcanic 
  Bombs 
  in 
  the 
  Schalsteins 
  of 
  Nassau.' 
  By 
  

   Prof. 
  E. 
  Kayser, 
  Ph.D., 
  For.Corr.G.S. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary.) 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens, 
  etc. 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Fossils 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Wheelton 
  Hind, 
  F.R.C.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  and 
  by 
  

   Jonathan 
  Barnes, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  by 
  the 
  

   first-named. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  of 
  Quarries 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  Volcanic 
  Bombs 
  

   in 
  Schalsteins 
  from 
  Nassau, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  Kayser, 
  Ph.D., 
  

   For.Corr.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

  

  Yolcanic 
  Bomb 
  from 
  Falcon 
  Crag, 
  near 
  Keswick, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  

   J. 
  Postlethwaite, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  Flint 
  Implements 
  (?) 
  and 
  Stones 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Boulder 
  Clay 
  

   on 
  the 
  Coast 
  at 
  Runton, 
  Norfolk, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  W. 
  J. 
  Harrison, 
  Esq., 
  

   F.G.S. 
  

  

  Sheet 
  232, 
  Abergavenny, 
  Solid 
  and 
  Drift, 
  of 
  the 
  1-inch 
  Map 
  (New 
  

   Series) 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  by 
  J. 
  R. 
  Dakyns, 
  A. 
  Strahan, 
  and 
  

   "W". 
  Gibson, 
  1896 
  ; 
  also 
  Sheet 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  4 
  miles-to-the-inch 
  Index 
  

   Map, 
  1896, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director-General 
  of 
  that 
  Survey. 
  

  

  January 
  6th, 
  1897. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Barclay 
  Bonthrone, 
  Esq., 
  Newton 
  House, 
  Newton 
  of 
  Falkland 
  

   Fifeshire 
  ; 
  Henry 
  Arthur 
  Pringle, 
  Esq., 
  Norseman, 
  Western 
  

   Australia; 
  Thomas 
  Penrose 
  Prout, 
  Esq., 
  Prospect 
  Terrace, 
  St. 
  

   Agnes, 
  Cornwall 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  Newton 
  Vanstone, 
  12 
  Yancouver 
  

   Road, 
  Catford 
  S.E., 
  were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  ; 
  M. 
  E. 
  Dupont, 
  of 
  

   Brussels 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  'Anton 
  Fritsch, 
  of 
  Prague 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  de 
  Lapparent, 
  of 
  

   Paris 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Hans 
  Reusch, 
  of 
  Christiania, 
  were 
  elected 
  Foreign 
  

   Members 
  ; 
  and 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  Hyatt, 
  of 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass., 
  a 
  Foreign 
  

   Correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Fellows, 
  nominated 
  by 
  the 
  Council, 
  were 
  elected 
  

   Auditors 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Accounts 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  : 
  — 
  Horace 
  

   W. 
  Monckton, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  and 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Gregory. 
  

  

  