﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Opal 
  from 
  Bullo 
  River, 
  Queensland, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  T. 
  G. 
  Bonney, 
  F.R.S., 
  Sec.G.S. 
  

  

  Rock-sections 
  and 
  specimens, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Callaway, 
  in 
  illus- 
  

   tration 
  of 
  his 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Pre-Cambriaus 
  of 
  Shropshire. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  sand 
  from 
  the 
  Arabian 
  Desert 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Millet- 
  

   seed 
  Sandstone 
  of 
  Lancashire 
  and 
  Cheshire, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  J. 
  Arthur 
  

   Phillips, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

  

  January 
  11, 
  1882. 
  

  

  Robert 
  Etheridge, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  W. 
  J. 
  Clunies 
  Ross, 
  Esq., 
  B.Sc. 
  Lond., 
  4 
  Trinity 
  Terrace, 
  Bow 
  ; 
  

   Joseph 
  "William 
  Brown, 
  Esq., 
  C.E., 
  40 
  Frederick 
  Road, 
  Aston, 
  

   Birmingham 
  ; 
  William 
  Hunter, 
  Esq., 
  8 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  Gate, 
  West- 
  

   minster, 
  S.W., 
  and 
  Briton 
  Ferry 
  House, 
  Briton 
  Ferry, 
  South 
  Wales 
  ; 
  

   Henry 
  Tomlison, 
  Esq., 
  M.Inst.C.E., 
  The 
  Woodlands, 
  Cambridge 
  ; 
  

   and 
  Charles 
  Otto 
  Trechmann, 
  Esq., 
  Ph.D., 
  Town 
  Wall, 
  Hartlepool, 
  

   were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  the 
  Chalk-masses 
  or 
  Boulders 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  Contorted 
  

   Drift 
  of 
  Cromer, 
  their 
  Origin 
  and 
  Mode 
  of 
  Transport." 
  By 
  T. 
  

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

  

  2. 
  " 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  Types 
  of 
  Cambrian 
  Beds 
  of 
  the 
  

   British 
  Isles 
  (the 
  Caledonian 
  and 
  Hiberno 
  -Cambrian), 
  and 
  the 
  

   Conditions 
  under 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  respectively 
  deposited." 
  By 
  

   Prof. 
  Edward 
  Hull, 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  The 
  Devono-Silurian 
  Formation." 
  By 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  Hull, 
  LL.D., 
  

   F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  January 
  25, 
  1882. 
  

  

  Robert 
  Eteteridge, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  John 
  Blaikie, 
  Esq., 
  Bridge 
  House, 
  Newcastle, 
  Staffordshire 
  ; 
  

   M. 
  Ernest 
  Jobling, 
  Esq., 
  South 
  Tawton, 
  Devonshire 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Rev, 
  

  

  