﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY, 
  XCV 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  :— 
  

  

  Rock-specimens, 
  Microscope-sections, 
  and 
  Lantern-slides, 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  by 
  Lieut.-Gen. 
  C. 
  A. 
  McMahon, 
  Y.P.G.S., 
  & 
  Capt. 
  A. 
  H. 
  

   McMahon, 
  C.S.I., 
  C.I.E., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  their 
  paper. 
  

  

  Plant-remains 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  Republic 
  (from 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  short 
  distances 
  from 
  Johannesburg), 
  exhibited 
  by 
  A. 
  C. 
  Seward, 
  

   Esq., 
  M.A., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  papers 
  by 
  himself 
  and 
  

   David 
  Draper, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  Rock-specimens 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Nevada, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  0. 
  H. 
  

   Howarth, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  April 
  7th, 
  1897. 
  

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

  

  Capt. 
  John 
  Hamilton 
  Anderson, 
  Mandora 
  Barracks, 
  Aldershot 
  ; 
  

   and 
  Capt. 
  Arthur 
  Henry 
  McMahon, 
  C.S.I., 
  C.I.E., 
  87 
  Cadogan 
  

   Gardens, 
  S.W., 
  were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Anton 
  Koch, 
  of 
  

   Budapest 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  Lacroix, 
  of 
  Paris 
  ; 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Count 
  H. 
  zu 
  

   Solms-Laubach, 
  of 
  Strassburg, 
  were 
  elected 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  left 
  the 
  Chair, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   T. 
  G. 
  Bonney, 
  D.Sc, 
  F.R.S., 
  Y.P.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  'On 
  the 
  Morte 
  Slates 
  and 
  Associated 
  Beds 
  in 
  North 
  Devon 
  

   and 
  West 
  Somerset.— 
  Part 
  11/ 
  By 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  M.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  

   P.G.S. 
  With 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  Fossils 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  F 
  . 
  Whid- 
  

   borne, 
  M.A., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  (The 
  President 
  resumed 
  the 
  Chair 
  after 
  the 
  Discussion 
  of 
  the 
  

   above 
  paper.) 
  

  

  2. 
  'The 
  Glacio-Marine 
  Drift 
  of 
  the 
  Vale 
  of 
  Clwyd.' 
  By 
  T. 
  

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

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Fossils, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

   Boulder 
  Clay 
  Foraminifera 
  and 
  Rock-specimens, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  

   T. 
  Mellard 
  Reade, 
  Esq., 
  C.E., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

   vol. 
  Lin. 
  ft 
  

  

  