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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OE 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  Die 
  Korallenriffe 
  der 
  Sinaihalbinsel 
  — 
  geologische 
  und 
  biologische 
  

   Beobachtungen, 
  von 
  J. 
  Walther 
  ; 
  Die 
  geognostichen 
  Verhaltnisse 
  der 
  

   Gegend 
  von 
  Krakau, 
  von 
  E. 
  Tietze 
  ; 
  Les 
  niineraux 
  des 
  Boches, 
  par 
  

   A. 
  Michel 
  Levy 
  et 
  A. 
  Lacroix; 
  Anleitung 
  zu 
  wissenschaftlichen 
  

   Beobachtungen 
  auf 
  Beisen, 
  von 
  G. 
  Neumayer 
  (Band 
  lu.2); 
  Intro- 
  

   ductory 
  Text-book 
  of 
  Geology, 
  by 
  D. 
  Page 
  (12th 
  edition, 
  by 
  C. 
  

   Lap 
  worth.) 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  the 
  Growth 
  of 
  Crystals 
  in 
  Igneous 
  Bocks 
  after 
  their 
  

   Consolidation." 
  By 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  "W. 
  Judd, 
  F.B.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  The 
  Tertiary 
  Volcanoes 
  of 
  the 
  "Western 
  Isles 
  of 
  Scotland." 
  

   By 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Judd, 
  F.B.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Microscopic 
  section 
  and 
  Eock-specimens, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   Judd, 
  F.B.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

  

  Five 
  Globes 
  to 
  illustrate 
  an 
  ' 
  Essay 
  on 
  Physical 
  Geography 
  and 
  

   Geology,' 
  by 
  John 
  Thornhill 
  Harrison, 
  Esq., 
  M.Inst.C.E., 
  F.G.S., 
  

   and 
  presented 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  January 
  23, 
  1889. 
  

   W. 
  T. 
  Blaneoed, 
  LL.D., 
  F.E.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Andrew 
  Gibb 
  Maitland, 
  Esq., 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  

   Brisbane, 
  Queensland 
  ; 
  John 
  Millie, 
  Esq., 
  Echo 
  Bank, 
  Inverkeithing, 
  

   N.B. 
  ; 
  John 
  Ashton 
  Osborn, 
  Esq., 
  Westward 
  Ho 
  !, 
  Clacton-on- 
  

   Sea 
  ; 
  James 
  Parkinson, 
  Esq., 
  F.C.S., 
  Victoria, 
  British 
  Columbia; 
  

   and 
  Carl 
  Heinrich 
  Trinks, 
  Esq., 
  40 
  Ainger 
  Eoad, 
  Primrose 
  Hill, 
  

   N.W., 
  were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  : 
  the 
  Marquis 
  Gaston 
  de 
  Saporta, 
  Aix-en- 
  

   Provence, 
  a 
  Foreign 
  Member 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Hans 
  Eeusch, 
  Christiania, 
  

   a 
  Foreign 
  Correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Visitors 
  having 
  withdrawn, 
  the 
  President 
  announced 
  that 
  he, 
  as 
  

   Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  had, 
  on 
  the 
  10th 
  January 
  last, 
  given 
  

   notice 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Secretaries 
  of 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  

   move 
  certain 
  enactments, 
  alterations, 
  and 
  repeals 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society. 
  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  Section 
  XI. 
  Article 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  Bye- 
  

   Laws, 
  the 
  President 
  was 
  proceeding 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  proposed 
  alterations 
  

   seriatim, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  moved 
  by 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  alterations 
  were 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  all 
  Fellows 
  present 
  

   in 
  a 
  printed 
  form, 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  read. 
  ~No 
  

   Fellow 
  dissenting, 
  the 
  President 
  then 
  declared 
  that 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  

   the 
  Council 
  had 
  been 
  duly 
  read 
  in 
  compliance 
  with 
  Section 
  XI. 
  

   Article 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  the 
  prevailing 
  Misconceptions 
  regarding 
  the 
  Evidence 
  

   which 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  expect 
  of 
  former 
  Glacial 
  Periods." 
  By 
  Dr. 
  James 
  

  

  