﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  79 
  

  

  March 
  6, 
  1889. 
  

  

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

  

  David 
  Yewdall 
  Cliff, 
  Esq., 
  Nesbit 
  Hall, 
  Fulneck, 
  near 
  Leeds 
  ; 
  

   Edward 
  Aurelian 
  Eidsdale, 
  Esq., 
  Assoc. 
  Hoy. 
  School 
  of 
  Mines, 
  Rot- 
  

   tingdean, 
  Sussex, 
  and 
  3 
  Montague 
  Street, 
  W.C. 
  ; 
  and 
  Bernard 
  Henry 
  

   Woodward, 
  Esq., 
  80 
  Petherton 
  Eoad, 
  Highbury 
  New 
  Park, 
  N., 
  were 
  

   elected 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  A 
  photograph 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Geo- 
  

   logical 
  Congress 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  visit 
  to 
  North 
  Wales, 
  September 
  

   1888, 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Hicks, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  President, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  Section 
  XI. 
  Art. 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bye-Laws, 
  read, 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  time, 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   alterations 
  in 
  the 
  Bye-Laws, 
  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 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  :— 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Subdivisions 
  of 
  the 
  Speeton 
  Clay." 
  By 
  G. 
  W. 
  Lanip- 
  

   lugh, 
  Esq. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  Clement 
  Reid, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S.) 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Madagascar." 
  By 
  the 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  

   Baron. 
  (Communicated 
  by 
  the 
  Director-General 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Survey.) 
  With 
  an 
  Appendix 
  on 
  some 
  fossils 
  from 
  Madagascar, 
  by 
  

   R. 
  Bullen 
  Newton, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Petrographical 
  Characters 
  of 
  some 
  Rocks 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  in 
  Madagascar 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  Baron." 
  By 
  F. 
  H. 
  Hatch, 
  

   Ph.D., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Specimens 
  exhibited 
  by 
  G. 
  W. 
  Lamplugh, 
  Esq., 
  the 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  Baron, 
  

   Dr. 
  F. 
  H. 
  Hatch, 
  F.G.S., 
  and 
  R. 
  B. 
  Newton, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  in 
  illus- 
  

   tration 
  of 
  their 
  communications. 
  

  

  Lithophysa3 
  in 
  Obsidian 
  from 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Park, 
  and 
  Litho- 
  

   physae 
  of 
  Bala 
  age 
  from 
  Conway, 
  N. 
  Wales, 
  exhibited 
  by 
  G. 
  A. 
  J. 
  

   Cole, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  March 
  20, 
  1889. 
  

  

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

  

  Peregrine 
  0. 
  Wilson, 
  Esq., 
  Barberton, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa, 
  

   was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  List 
  of 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

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