﻿VOL. 
  53.] 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  Vli 
  

  

  A 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  7.45 
  p.m., 
  before 
  the 
  

   Ordinary 
  Meeting, 
  when 
  the 
  following 
  Besolutions 
  were 
  proposed, 
  

   and 
  unanimously 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Fellows 
  present 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  To 
  repeal 
  Section 
  VIII., 
  Article 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  and 
  enact 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  shall 
  be 
  selected 
  from 
  the 
  

   list 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents, 
  or 
  from 
  among 
  distinguished 
  

   Fellows 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  British 
  subjects, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  recommended 
  

   by 
  Fellows 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  already 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   Foreign 
  Correspondents. 
  

  

  That 
  Section 
  XIII., 
  Article 
  19 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws 
  be 
  altered 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  Whenever 
  the 
  balance 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  Banker 
  shall 
  

   exceed 
  the 
  sum 
  requisite 
  for 
  the 
  probable 
  or 
  current 
  expenses 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society, 
  the 
  Council 
  shall 
  invest 
  the 
  excess 
  in 
  such 
  securities 
  

   as 
  are 
  authorized 
  for 
  the 
  investment 
  of 
  Trust 
  Funds 
  under 
  the 
  

   Trustee 
  Act, 
  1893, 
  or 
  any 
  Acts 
  amending 
  or 
  replacing 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  February 
  3rd, 
  1897. 
  

  

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

  

  Charles 
  Vincent 
  Bellamy, 
  Esq., 
  Boseau, 
  Dominica, 
  British 
  West 
  

   Indies; 
  James 
  Bisset, 
  Esq., 
  B.A., 
  5 
  East 
  India 
  Avenue, 
  London, 
  

   E.C. 
  ; 
  the 
  Bev. 
  Henry 
  Blashell 
  Foster, 
  46 
  Palace 
  Street, 
  Bucking- 
  

   ham 
  Gate, 
  S.W. 
  ; 
  Josiah 
  Bodda 
  Hosken, 
  Esq., 
  Georgetown, 
  British 
  

   Guiana 
  ; 
  John 
  Ellis 
  Hughes, 
  Esq., 
  Ingfield 
  House, 
  Marston, 
  near 
  

   Huddersfield 
  ; 
  and 
  Harry 
  W. 
  Lake, 
  Esq., 
  32 
  Shaftesbury 
  Avenue, 
  W., 
  

   were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  ' 
  The 
  Subgenera 
  Petalograptus 
  and 
  Ceplialograjptus? 
  By 
  Miss 
  

   G. 
  L. 
  Elles. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  J. 
  E. 
  Marr, 
  Esq., 
  M.A., 
  F.B.S., 
  

  

  F.G.S.) 
  

  

  2. 
  ' 
  On 
  some 
  Superficial 
  Deposits 
  in 
  Cutch/ 
  By 
  the 
  Bev. 
  J. 
  F. 
  

   Blake, 
  M.A., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  Petalograptus 
  and 
  Cephalograptus, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  

   J. 
  E. 
  Marr, 
  Esq., 
  M.A., 
  F.B.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  

   by 
  Miss 
  G. 
  L. 
  Elles. 
  

  

  Bock-specimens 
  from 
  Cutch 
  and 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  Bhuj, 
  Cutch, 
  

   exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  Bev. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Blake, 
  M.A., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  

   his 
  paper. 
  

  

  vol. 
  liii. 
  6 
  

  

  