PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 85 



February 29, 1888. 



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



Percy Leonard Addison, Esq., Assoc.Memb.Inst.C.E., Park House, 

 Bigrigg, via Carnforth ; Edward Cross, Esq., 11 High Street, Bir- 

 mingham ; and William Herdman, Esq., Westgate, Weardale, by 

 Darlington, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " An Estimate of Post-Glacial Time." By T. Mellard Reade, 

 Esq., C.E., F.G.S. 



2. " Note on the Movement of Scree-Material." By Charles 

 Davison, Esq., M.A. (Communicated by Prof. T. G. Bonney, D.Sc, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.) 



3. "On some Additional Occurrences of Tachylyte." By Gren- 

 viUe A. J. Cole, Esq., F.G.S. 



4. " Appendix to Mr. A. T. Metcalfe's paper ' On Further Dis- 

 coveries of Vertebrate Remains in the Triassic Strata of the South 

 Coast of Devonshire, between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth.' " 

 By H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.S. (Communicated by A. T. Metcalfe, 

 Esq., F.G.S.) 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



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

 Cole, Esq., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



March 14, 1888. 



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



William Brindley, Esq., Pergola House, Denmark Hill ; George 

 James Crosbie Dawson, Esq., Memb.Inst.C.E., Stoke-upon-Trent ; 

 the Rev. George W. James, Oleander, Tresno Co., California, U.S.A. ; 

 and Charles Algernon Moreing, Esq., 25 Queen's Mansions, S.W., 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The President announced the appointment and constitution of a 

 Committee appointed for the purpose of revising the existing Bye- 

 Laws of the Society. 



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