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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  XCIX 
  

  

  June 
  23rd, 
  1897. 
  

  

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

  

  A. 
  Vivian 
  Moore, 
  Esq., 
  The 
  Club, 
  Kidderminster 
  ; 
  and 
  David 
  

   Woolacott, 
  Esq., 
  M.Sc, 
  156 
  Roker 
  Avenue, 
  Sunderland, 
  were 
  elected 
  

   Eellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Names 
  of 
  Eellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  were 
  read 
  out 
  for 
  

   the 
  second 
  time, 
  in 
  conformity 
  with 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  Sect. 
  VI. 
  Art. 
  5, 
  

   in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  non-payment 
  of 
  Arrears 
  of 
  Contributions 
  : 
  — 
  

   J. 
  F. 
  Braga, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Burkitt 
  ; 
  A. 
  Johnstone, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  

   E. 
  M. 
  Jones, 
  Esq. 
  : 
  T. 
  R. 
  Maddison, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Maddock 
  ; 
  

   P. 
  J. 
  Ogle, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  J. 
  E. 
  Pagen, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  J. 
  Pope, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  H. 
  K. 
  

   Spark, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Rev. 
  B. 
  Wilkinson. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  ' 
  Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  Rocks 
  and 
  Fossils 
  from 
  Franz 
  Josef 
  

   Land, 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Jackson-Harmsworth 
  Expedition 
  during 
  1894- 
  

   96/ 
  By 
  E. 
  T. 
  Newton, 
  Esq., 
  E.R.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  & 
  J. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Teall, 
  

   Esq., 
  M.A., 
  F.R.S., 
  V.P.G.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  ' 
  Deposits 
  of 
  the 
  Bajocian 
  Age 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Cotteswolds. 
  — 
  

   I. 
  The 
  Cleeve 
  Hill 
  Plateau.' 
  By 
  S. 
  S. 
  Buckman, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  ' 
  Pleistocene 
  Plants 
  from 
  Casewick, 
  Shacklewell, 
  and 
  Grays.' 
  

   By 
  Clement 
  Reid, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  4. 
  'An 
  Explanation 
  of 
  the 
  Claxheugh 
  Section 
  (Co. 
  Durham).' 
  

   By 
  D. 
  Woolacott, 
  Esq., 
  M.Sc. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  G. 
  A. 
  Lebour, 
  

   M.A., 
  F.G.S.) 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  and 
  maps 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Rocks, 
  Microscope-sections, 
  Fossils, 
  Photographs, 
  and 
  Water- 
  

   colour 
  Sketches, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Newton 
  & 
  J. 
  J. 
  H. 
  

   Teall 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  their 
  paper. 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  W. 
  & 
  A. 
  K. 
  Johnston's 
  Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Isles, 
  presented 
  by 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  4 
  sheets 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  

   Map 
  of 
  Roumania, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  that 
  Survey. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  LIII. 
  

  

  