PEOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 3 



!Mines, Wellington, Xew Zealand ; George Frederick Harris, Esq., 

 1 Great George Street, S.W. ; Samuel Learoyd, Esq., Sherwood 

 House, Huddersfield ; John Alain, Esq., 5 Dowanvale Terrace, 

 Partick, (xlasgow ; ^ansfeldt Henry Alills, Esq., Tapton Grove, 

 Chesterfield : James E,adcliffe, Esq., King Street, Dukinfield ; 

 Rev. Thomas E,andell, M.A., 6 Grandpont Villas, Oxford ; Andrew 

 Edmund Castlestuart Stuart, Esq., Ootacamund, India ; Tudor 

 GrufFydd Trevor, Esq., Derwyn, Welshpool ; and Arthur Smith 

 Woodward, Esq., 183 b King's Road, S.W., were elected Eellows of 

 the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "On some Borings in Kent. — A Contribution to the Deep- 

 seated Geology of the London Basin." By W. Whitaker, Esq., B.A., 

 F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E. (Communicated by permission of the 

 Director-General of the Geological Survey.) 



2. "jS'ote on some recent Openings in the Liassic and Oolitic 

 Rocks of Eawler in Oxfordshire, and on the arrangement of those 

 rocks near Charlbury." By E. A. Bather, Esq. (Communicated by 

 Prof. J. Prestwich, E.R.S., E.G.S.) 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Specimens from well-borings, exhibited by W. Whitaker, Esq., in 

 illustration of his paper. 



Specimens from the neighbourhood of Eawler, exhibited by F. A. 

 Bather, Esq., in illustration of his paper. 



December 16, 1885. 



W. Cakruthers, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Charles John Alford, Esq., 35 Dornton Road, Balham, S.W. ; 

 Samuel Blows, Esq.,B.A., St. Mark's College, Chelsea, S.W. ; James 

 Warne Chenhall, Esq., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., Anaconda, Montana, 

 U.S. ; William Farnworth, Esq., Swindon, near Dudley ; Paget 

 Henry Cater Fulcher, Esq., Trinity College, Cambridge ; and Harold 

 Temple Wills, Esq., B.A., 11 Upper Belgrave Road, Clifton, Bristol, 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



