GX PEOCEEDESTGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOClEir. jluue I912, 



west coast. He finally suggested a series of borings, south of the 

 Old Red Sandstone patch round London, to be continued across the 

 "Weald along a meridian. This scheme would probably determine 

 the structure of the floor, although coal might not actually be 

 detected. 



]y!r. Ct. TT. LAMPLr&H said that ^r. Whitaker's suggestion as to 

 the ^possibility of subsequent red staining in the Palaeozoic rocks 

 was justified, as secondary staining of this kind was found in the 

 dark Palfeozoic rocks of the Brabourne boring for 20 feet below the 

 Trias. But other evidence showed it to be improbable that the 

 Trias extended into Xorth Kent, as a progressive cutting out and 

 overlapping of the older Mesozoic formations by the newer in a 

 northerly direction had been proved by all the borings. The 

 Mesozoic structure of the country appeared to bear little or no 

 relation to its Palaeozoic structure, and the planing down of the 

 Palaeozoic floor had been repeated at several different stages of 

 Mesozoic time. Subangular gravel and sand derived from quartz- 

 veins had been found in several borings at the base of the TTealden 

 Series, and indicated the proximity of quartz-veined rocks as yet 

 unknown. 



In addition to the exhibits already mentioned, the following 

 specimens and maps were exhibited : — 



A series of cores from a boring at Southall showing fossil fish- 

 scales, exhibited on behalf of Ernest Procter, Assoc, Pi. C.S., by 

 Prof. W. W. Watts, Sc.r>., LL.D., F.E.S., T.P.G.S. 



A sheet showing the methods of scaling the Geological %Survey 

 colours for the various divisions of Pormations for the colour- 

 printing of ma7)s ; also several sheets so printed, exhibited by the 

 Director of H.M. Geological Survey. 



Seismograph Records, 1912, from the Guildford Observatory, 

 exhibited'bv F. E.-Xorris, B.A., P.G.S., and exiDlained by C. E. X. 

 Bromehead! B.A., E.G.S. 



Geological Survey of Scotland, 6-iuch ICap : Lanarkshire, Sheets 

 Till IsTe. and Xt X.W. (Solid and Drift), 1911, presented by 

 the Director of H.M. Geological Survey. 



June otb. 1912. 



Prof. W. W. Watts, Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The names of certain Fellows of the Society were read out for 

 the first time, in conformity with the Bye-Laws, Section VI, 

 Art. 5, in consequence of the Xon-Paymcut of the Arrears of tlieir 

 Contributions. 



