iv PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [^ e b. I9OO, 



The following specimens and photographs were exhibited, in 

 addition to the photographs mentioned on p. iii : — 



Rock-specimens, Fossils, and Photographs of Somaliland, exhibited 

 by Dr. J. W. Gregory, F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Specimens and Cast of Pcdceoneilo, exhibited by Dr. Wheelton 

 Hind, B.S., F.R.C.S., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



Flint-implements from Drift-gravels and Photographs of the 

 same, West Wickham (Kent), exhibited by George Clinch, Esq., 

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



A Bunter Pebble, much decayed, from Coombe Warren (Surrey), 

 180 feet above O.D., exhibited by A, E. Salter, Esq., B.Sc, F.G.S. 



December 20th, 1899. 

 W. Whitakee, B.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Ephraim H. Davies, Esq., B.Sc, Intermediate School, Builth ; 

 John William Jarvis, Esq., St. Mark's College, Chelsea, S.W. ; and 

 Henry J. Seymour, Esq., B.A., 16 Wellington Road, Dublin, were 

 elected Fellows ; Dr. Charles Abiathar White, of W"ashin°:ton (D.C.), 

 U.S.A., was elected a Foreign Member; and M. Michel F. Mourlon, 

 of Brussels; Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, of New York; and 

 Prof. Gregorio Stefanescu, of Bucharest, were elected Foreign 

 Correspondents of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



Dr. P. L. Sclater exhibited a large diagram of a new bore lately 

 made for the Zoological Society of London, in the bottom of the old 

 well in the Society's Gardens, Regent's Park. 



The original well was dug in 1834 to a depth of 180 feet, and a 

 bore-hole sunk 10 feet farther : it is stated that the water then rose 

 to an ordinary level of 120 feet from the surface of the ground. The 

 bore, it is believed, was subsequently carried to a depth of 274 feet. 



Some years ago the sand from one of the formations penetrated 

 into the bore and rendered the pump useless, and acting under the 

 advice of Mr. Henry Law, C.E., the Council of the Society determined 

 in 1897 to have a new bore made in the old well, it being pronounced 

 impracticable to clear the existing bore without incurring a larger 

 expenditure. A contract for the construction of a new bore was 

 accordingly made with Messrs. Isler & Co. In spite of many 

 difficulties encountered during the progress of the work, this has 

 been successfully accomplished ; and an abundant supply of pure 

 water from the Chalk is now being pumped into the High-level 

 Reservoir at the southern corner of the Zoological Gardens. "No 

 fossils were found. 



