74 PROCEEDINGS OE THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Rock-specimens, exhibited by Prof. T. G. Bonney, in illustration 

 of his papers. 



Specimen of rock from Elbrouz, Asia Minor, at an elevation of 

 about 17,500 feet, exhibited by Prof. T. G. Bonney. 



June 6, 1883. 



J. W. Hulee, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



George Paul, Esq., Moortown, near Leeds, was elected a Fellow 

 of the Society. 



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

 the first time in conformity with the Bye-Laws, Sec. VI. B. Art. 6, 

 in consequence of the non-payment of the arrears of their contri- 

 butions : — Rev. J. Crompton ; J. Dcrrington, Esq. ; Rev. J. T. C. 

 Gullon ; J. Harte, Esq. ; D. R. Irvine, Esq. ; T. R. Mellor, Esq. ; 

 R. Plant, Esq. ; L. Rhys, Esq. ; S. R. Smyth, Esq. ; and Dr. E. H. 

 W. Swete. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "The Estuaries of the Severn and its Tributaries, an inquiry 

 into the Nature and Origin of their Tidal Sediment and Alluvial 

 Flats." By Prof. W. J. Sollas, M.A., F.R.S.E., F.G.S. 



2. "Notes on a Collection of Fossils and Rock-specimens from 

 West Australia, north of the Gascoyne River." By "W. H. Hudleston, 

 Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



3. " Notes on the Geology of the Troad." By J. S. Diller, Esq. 

 Communicated by W. Topley, Esq., F.G.S. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Specimens, exhibited by Prof. "W. J. Sollas and W. H. Hudleston, 

 Esq., in illustration of their papers ; and 



Photographs of a fossil Saurian skeleton from the Upper Lias of 

 Sedbury Cliff in Gloucestershire, exhibited by John Yeats, Esq. 



