﻿XCii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I9O5. 



2. ' Notes on the Geological Aspect of some of the North-Eastern 

 Territories of the Congo Free State.' By Gaston Felix Joseph 

 Preumont. (Communicated by J. Allen Howe, B.Sc, F.G.S.) 

 With Petrological Notes by John Allen Howe, B.Sc, F.G.S. 



The following specimens and map were exhibited : — 



Specimens from the Dogger and Lias of North-East Yorkshire, 

 exhibited by It. H. Rastall, B.A., F.G.S. , in illustration of his 

 paper. 



Fossils from the Inferior Oolite (Dogger) of North- East York- 

 shire, exhibited by R. S. Hemes, M.A., V.P.G.S. 



Specimens from the North-Eastern Territories of the Congo 

 Free State, exhibited by J. A. Howe, B.Sc, F.G.S., in illustration 

 of his and Mr. G. F. J. Preumont's paper. 



Geological Survey of England & Wales : — 1-inch Map, n. s., 

 Sheet 300, Alresford (colour-printed), presented by the Director 

 of H.M. Geological Survey. 



May 10th, 1905. 

 E. S. Herries, M.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Nicholas Samwell, Mining & Metallurgical Engineer, 3 Princes 

 Terrace, Bayswater, W., was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The Chairman announced that the Council had resolved to award 

 the Proceeds of the Daniel-Pidgeon Fund for 1905 to Thomas 

 Vipond Barker, B.A.Oxon., who proposes to investigate the de- 

 position of crystals of minerals and other substances in regular 

 position on each other, with special reference to such groups as 

 those of calcite, barytes, aragonite, etc. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' The Geology of Dunedin (New Zealand).' By Patrick 

 Marshall, M.A., D.Sc, F.G.S. 



2. ' The Carboniferous Limestone of the Weston-super-Mare 

 District.' By Thomas Franklin Sibly, B.Sc. (Communicated by 

 Dr. A. Vaughan, B.A., F.G.S.) 



The following microphotographs and maps were exhibited : — 



Microphotographs, exhibited by Dr. Patrick Marshall, M.A., 

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



