Vol. 59.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Hi 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' The Fossil Flora of the Cumberland Coalfield, and the Palseo- 

 botanical Evidence with regard to the Age of the Beds.' By E. A. 

 Newell Arber, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. 



2. 'Some Remarks upon Mr. E. A. Newell Arber's Communi- 

 cation : On the Clarke Collection of Fossil Plants from New 

 South Wales.' By Dr. F. Kurtz, Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Cordoba, Argentine Republic. (Communicated by 

 A. C. Seward, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.) 



3. ' On a New Boring at Caythorpe (Lincolnshire).' By Henry 

 Preston, Esq., F.G.S. 



The following specimens, etc. were exhibited : — 



Fossil Plants from the Cumberland Coalfield, exhibited by 

 E. A. Newell Arber, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., in illustration of his 

 paper. 



Specimens from the Clarke Collection of Fossil Plants from New 

 South Wales in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, exhibited in 

 illustration of Mr. Arber's reply to the paper by Prof. F. Kurtz. 



Specimens from the new Boring at Caythorpe, exhibited by 

 Henry Preston, Esq., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



A Portrait of Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S., presented by 

 himself. 



Geological Survey of England and Wales, 1-inch map, new series. 

 Sheet 314. Ringwood (Drift), by C. Reid, F. J. Bennett, & E. E. L. 

 Dixon ; also old series, Sheet 64. Peterborough, Rutland, etc. 

 (Drift), by J. W. Judd, W. H. Holloway, & S. B. J. Skertchly ; 

 both maps presented by the Director of H.M. Geological Survey. 



November 19th, 1902. 



Prof. Charles Lapworth, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Lewis Leigh Fermor, Esq., Assistant-Superintendent, Geological 

 Surrey of India, Calcutta; and Samuel Perkes, Esq., Larnaca 

 (Cyprus), were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. 'The Semna Cataract or Rapid of the Nile: a Study in 

 River-Erosion.' By John Ball, Ph.D., A.R.S.M., F.G.S., Assoc. 

 M.Inst.C.E. 



2. ' Geological Notes on the North-West Provinces (Himalayan) 

 of India.' By Francis J. Stephens, Esq., F.G.S., A.I.M.M. 



3. * Tin and Tourmaline.' By Donald A. MacAlister, Esq., F.G.S. 



