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2. "Account of a Well-sinking made by the Great Western 

 Kailway Company at Swindon." By Horace B. Woodward, Esq., 

 r.G.S. With Lists of Possils, by E. T. K'ewton, Esq., P.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Rock-specimens and microscopic sections, exhibited by G. A.J. Cole, 

 Esq., in illustration of his paper. 



Rocks and fossils from the Swindon Well, exhibited by the 

 Geological Survey. 



March 24, 1886. 

 Prof. J. W. JuDD, E.R.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "On the Genus Dijp'hyjj'hyllum, Lonsdale." By James Thom- 

 son, Esq., E.G.S.* 



2. " On additional Evidence of the Occurrence of Glacial condi- 

 tions in the Palseozoic Era, and on the Geological Age of the Beds 

 containing Plants of Mesozoic type in India and Australia." By 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, E.R.S., Sec. G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Specimens of DipTiypliyUum, exhibited by James Thomson, Esq., 

 E.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Six specimens of Conularice, and three small pebbles from the 

 Salt Range, exhibited by A. B. Wynne, Esq., F.G.S., in illustration 

 of Dr. Blanford's paper. 



April 7, 1886. 



Prof. J. W. JiJDD, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Edward George Aldridge, Esq., Trevor House, 18 Talbot Road, 

 Bayswater, W. ; Charles Brownridge, Esq., Horsforth, near Leeds, 

 Yorkshire ; James Dennant, Esq., Hamilton, Victoria, Australia ; 

 Charles Lane, Esq., " Public Ledger" Office, 6 St. Dunstan's Passage, 

 E.C. ; Prof. H. Cai-vill Lewis, Philadelphia, U.S.A. ; and William 

 Matthews, Esq., Assoc. Memb. Inst. C.E., Municipal Offices, South- 

 ampton, were elected Eellows of the Society. 



* This paper has been withdrawn by the Author, by permission of the Council. 



