Vol. 52.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. CXXY 



May 27th, 1896. 

 Dr. Henry Hicks, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Martin Stanger Higgs, Esq., Clarence House, Gloucester ; Thomas 

 James Moss-Flower, Esq., Carlton Chambers, Baldwin Street, Bristol ; 

 and Edwin Percy Richards, Esq., 17 Market Street, Edenfield, Bury, 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The President announced that a portrait in oils of the late 

 Prof. Huxlev had been presented to the Society by Sir John Evans, 

 K.C.B., For.Sec.G.S. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. 'On the Pliocene Deposits of Holland, and their Eelation to 

 the English and Belgian Crags : with a Suggestion for the Establish- 

 ment of a new Zone " Amstelien " and some Remarks on the 

 Geographical Conditions of the Pliocene Epoch in Northern Europe.' 

 By F. W. Harmer, Esq., F.G.S. 



2. ' The Lingula-Flags and Igneous Rocks of the Neighbourhood 

 of Dolgelly.' Bv Philip Lake, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., and S. H. Rey- 

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



3. < The Kildare Inlier.' By S. H. Reynolds, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., 

 and C. I. Gardiner, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Fossils, rock-specimens, and microscope-sections, exhibited by 

 Philip Lake, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., and S. H. Reynolds, Esq., M.A., 

 F.G.S., in illustration of their paper. 



Rock-specimens, microscope-sections, and photographs, exhibited 

 by S. H. Reynolds, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., and C. I. Gardiner, Esq., 

 M.A., F.G.S., in illustration of their paper. 



June 10th, 1896. 

 Dr. Henry Hicks, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Walter Taylor, Esq., 6 Upper Chorlton Road, Brooks Bar, 

 Manchester, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The names of certain Fellows were read out for the first time, in 

 conformity with the Bye-Laws, Section VI. Article 5, in consequence 

 of the non-payment of Arrears of Contributions. 



