﻿lxxxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 90 5, 



In addition to the specimens described on p. lxxxvii, the fol- 

 lowing specimens, maps, etc. were laid on the table : — 



Kock-specimens, exhibited by the Eev. J. F. Blake, M.A., F.G.S., 

 in illustration of his paper. 



Lantern-slides, exhibited by F. E. Middleton, F.G.S., in illus- 

 tration of his paper. 



Geological Survey of England & Wales : Yertical Section, no. 87 : 

 Sections of Shafts etc., in the Coal-Measures above the Hughes 

 Vein, near Neath, Swansea, & Llanelly, by A. Strahan & E. E. L. 

 Dixon, presented by the Director of H.M. Geological Survey. 



Eifteen platinotype-photographs of Eellows of the Society 

 (cabinet size) presented by Messrs. Maull & Fox. 



March 8th, 1905. 

 J. E. Make, Sc.D., E.li.S., President, in the Chair. 



Albert Mayon Henshaw, Mining Engineer, Talk o'th' Hill, near 

 Stoke-upon- Trent, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



Mr. Alfred Harker exhibited a series of photographic 

 views illustrating the geological structure and physical 

 features of the mountains of Skye. He remarked that the 

 photographs were mostly taken by Mr. Abraham, of Keswick, but 

 a few were taken by one of the officials of the Geological Smvey of 

 Scotland. 



Mr. Batterman congratulated the Society on the interest of this 

 exhibit. To a large number of Fellows the locality was not much 

 more than a name, and therefore the vivid manner in which the 

 physical and geological features of the country had been brought 

 before them was of extreme value. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, in congratulating Mr. Harker on the 

 successful completion of the arduous task on which he had been 

 engaged for so many years among the mountains of Skye, alluded 

 to the labours of the various observers who, from the time of 

 '.Robert Jameson onwards, had been attracted to that fascinating- 

 district. More than half a century had passed away since the 

 speaker himself first set foot on the Skye hills, and he could recall 

 his early impression of the strangely gneiss-like aspect of the gabbros 

 of Coruisk, though not until long after that first visit did the 

 opportunity come to him of studying the volcanic geology in detail. 

 It was a source of great satisfaction to him that the conclusions at 

 which, after many years of research, he had arrived regarding the 



