436 Geological Society of London, 



minor shocks were felt during the same day, and on the 20th another 

 violent sliock occmTed. 



At Kelung the whole harbour was left dry, and the water, return- 

 ing in one vast wave, rushed into the town itself. Large landslips 

 have taken place, and several villages between Kelung and Tamsuy 

 have been destroyed. 



11. " Memorandum on the Coal-mines of Iwanai, Island of Yesso, 

 Japan." By A. B. Mitford, Esq. Communicated by the Secretary 

 of State for Foreign Aifairs. 



The mines lie about two miles inland from the village Kaianoma. 

 Four seams of coal have been discovered, which are from one to six 

 feet thick. The coal is soft, yields from ten to twelve per cent, of 

 ash, and from thirty to thirty-five per cent, of gas. It sends out 

 thick black smoke when first lighted, but afterwards burns with 

 a clear strong flame, and leaves no clinker. 



12. " On a new species of Fossil Deer from Clacton." By W. 

 Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S., F.G-.S., etc. 



This species (named Cervus Brownii by the author) is unlike any 

 other S23ecies excepting C. darna, to which it is closely allied. The 

 antlers, however, have the third tyne present on the anterior portion, 

 while in the Fallow-deer it is entirely absent. From the presence 

 of Rhinoceros Merldi and Elephas antiquus in the Clacton deposits, 

 and from the absence of Arctic species, the author regarded it as 

 forming a term in the series of strata to which the Lower Brick- 

 earths of the Thames Valley belong, and as deposited before the 

 immigration of Arctic animals into Great Britain. 



13. " On a new sjDecies of Fossil Deer from the Norwich Crag." 

 By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.K.S., F.G.S., etc. 



Cervus Falconeri, Dawkins, spec. nov. The brow-tyne differs from 

 that of C. dama and of C. Brownii in being removed from the base, 

 and situated in a different plane from the second and third tynes ; 

 in this it is allied to C. tetraceros. The straightness of the beam 

 separates it from the species to which he had compaared it ; and it 

 is further separated from C. tetraceros by the absence of deep 

 wrinkles. The small amount of palmation in C. Falconeri is greatly 

 increased in C. Brownii, and reaches its maximum in C. dama. 



14. *' Notes to accompany a section of the Strata from the Chalk 

 to the Bembridge Limestone at Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight." By 

 T. Codrington, Esq., F.G.S. 



In these notes the author described in detail the beds which are 

 comprised in the section exhibited in Whitecliff Bay, and which he 

 had carefully measured at low water. Comparing it with the Alum 

 Bay section measured by the officers of the Geological Survey, he 

 found the total thickness of the beds from the Chalk to the base of 

 the Fluvio-marine series to be the same in both, although the thick- 

 nesses of the component formations differ considerably. 



15. "On the Graptolites of the Coniston Flags, with notes on the 

 British species of the genus Graptolites.'' By Dr. H. A. Nicholson, 

 M.B., F.G.S., etc. 



The author, after remarking upon the prevalent differences of 



