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  PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  February 
  20, 
  1889. 
  

  

  W. 
  T. 
  Blanfoed, 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Upfield 
  Green, 
  Esq., 
  Liebenheim, 
  Watford, 
  Hertfordshire 
  ; 
  Win- 
  

   tour 
  Frederick 
  Gwinnell, 
  Esq., 
  Argyle 
  Villas, 
  White 
  Hill, 
  Gravesend 
  ; 
  

   John 
  Charles 
  Mackay, 
  Esq., 
  Assoc. 
  M. 
  Inst. 
  C.E., 
  Stow 
  Park, 
  

   Newport, 
  Monmouthshire 
  ; 
  and 
  George 
  Synge, 
  Esq., 
  3 
  Harrington 
  

   Mansions, 
  Queen's 
  Gate, 
  S.W., 
  were 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  Visitors 
  having 
  withdrawn, 
  the 
  President, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   Section 
  XI. 
  Art. 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  read, 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  time, 
  the 
  

   notices 
  of 
  motion 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  proposed 
  alterations 
  in 
  the 
  Bye- 
  

   Laws, 
  signed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  V. 
  Holmes 
  and 
  twelve 
  other 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Hinde 
  and 
  nine 
  other 
  Fellows 
  : 
  and 
  also, 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time, 
  some 
  proposed 
  emendations 
  to 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  

   drafted 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  and 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  Chairman, 
  a 
  notice 
  signed 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Hopkinson 
  and 
  five 
  other 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  and 
  one 
  

   signed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Lydekker 
  and 
  sixteen 
  other 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  further 
  announced 
  that 
  a 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  

   for 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  would 
  be 
  called 
  for 
  Friday, 
  

   March 
  15, 
  1889, 
  at 
  4.30 
  p.m. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  the 
  Cotteswold, 
  Midford, 
  and 
  Yeovil 
  Sands, 
  and 
  the 
  

   division 
  between 
  Lias 
  and 
  Oolite." 
  By 
  S. 
  S. 
  Buckman, 
  Esq., 
  

  

  F.G.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  some 
  Nodular 
  Felstones 
  of 
  the 
  Lleyn 
  Peninsula." 
  By 
  

   Miss 
  Catherine 
  A. 
  Raisin, 
  B.Sc. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  G. 
  

   Bonney, 
  D.Sc., 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S.) 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Action 
  of 
  Pure 
  Water, 
  and 
  of 
  Water 
  saturated 
  with 
  

   Carbonic-acid 
  Gas, 
  on 
  the 
  Minerals 
  of 
  the 
  Mica 
  Family." 
  By 
  

   Alexander 
  Johnstone, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Specimens 
  from 
  South 
  Caernarvon, 
  with 
  microscopic 
  sections, 
  

   exhibited 
  by 
  Miss 
  C. 
  A. 
  Raisin, 
  B.Sc, 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  her 
  paper 
  on 
  

   Nodular 
  Felstones. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  Pyromerides 
  and 
  other 
  allied 
  rocks, 
  from 
  Boulay 
  Bay, 
  

   Jersey, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  G. 
  Bonney, 
  D.Sc, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  Photograph 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Geological 
  

   Congress 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  visit 
  to 
  North 
  Wales, 
  September 
  1888, 
  

   exhibited 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Hicks, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  