PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 5 



wich, M.A., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents : The President of the Geolo- 

 gical Society, the Director-General of the Geological Survey, and 

 Prof. T. M'^Kcnny Hughes, M.A, Treasurer : F. W. lludler. General 

 Secretaries : J. W. Hulke, F.ll.S., and W. Topley. Steps are being 

 taken to enlist the cooperation of all persons interested in Geology 

 and the allied branches of science. Particulars will be immediately 

 announced by the Committee. 



Fellows of the Society are invited to join the Congress and tc 

 assist in making the Meeting a success. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On the Correlation of some of the Eocene Strata in the Ter- 

 tiary Basins of England, Belgium, and the North of France." By 

 Prof. Joseph Prestwich, M.A., F.K.S., F.G.S. 



2. '' On the Cambrian and Associated Rocks in North-west Caer- 

 narvonshire." By Prof. J. F. Blake, M.A., F.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Rocks and Rock-sections, exhibited by Prof. J. F. Blake in illus- 

 tration of his paper. 



January 11, 1888. 

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



Percy John Ogle, Esq., 4 Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C, and 

 Frederick Danvers Power, Esq., of the Geological Society of Austral- 

 asia, 17 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria, were elected Fellows ; 

 Baron F. von Richthofen of Berlin, and Prof. G. Yom Rath of Bonn, 

 Foreign Members ; and Prof. W. C. Brogger of Stockholm, and 

 Dr. Anton Fritsch of Prague, Foreign Correspondents of the 

 Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On the Law that governs the Action of Flowing Streams." 

 By R. D. Oldham, Esq., F.G.S. 



2. " Supplementary Notes on the Stratigraphy of the Bagshot 

 Beds of the London Basin." By the Rev. A. Irving, B.Sc, B.A., 

 F.G.S. 



3. " The Red-Rock Series of the Devon Coast Section." By the 

 Rev. A. Irving, B.Sc, B.A., F.G.S. 



