12 MEETINGS. 



mother island by the possession of something unique, and in 

 many respects approximates more closely to the continent, as 

 indeed would be expected from its geographical position. 



" There are many botanical features of the greatest 

 interest in this little-known island, as there are in each of the 

 other members of the Channel group ; but these points will 

 be dealt with in the work I have been engaged upon for over 

 twelve years, and which I hope will be ready for the press in 

 the course of a few weeks. In conclusion, however, I may 

 say that twelve months' further study only confirms the belief 

 I expressed in my former paper, viz. : that, all things con- 

 sidered, Alderney is, from a botanical point of view, unques- 

 tionably the most interesting of all the Channel Islands." 



G. Derrick, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Geological Section has availed itself of the 

 opportunities afforded by the extensive excavations carried on 

 for drainage purposes in various parts of the parish of 

 St. Peter-Port, and has noted the composition of the subsoil 

 along the route of such excavations. The results are here 

 recorded. 



SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS. 



A. — Old Beaches, 8fc. 



1. — At Petit Bouet, near Orangeville, under six feet of 

 yellow earth, a deposit of five feet of sand with water-worn 

 pebbles occurred, the bottom not being reached. 



2. — -At Grand Bouet a deposit of sand and silt (with a 

 few pebbles) of about a yard in thickness, was found in the 

 depression near Osberta Terrace, connected with the low- 

 lying tract to the north, known as the Marais. This rested 

 on clay, apparently resulting from the decomposition of the 

 under-lying rock. This deposit was also found in Bordage 

 Lane. Although not overlaid by yellow earth or head as is 

 the case with the deposit previously mentioned it probably 

 belongs to the same period. Head occurs on both sides of 

 this deposit, underlaid on the east side by a pebble beach of 

 no great extent, but owing to the slippery and water-logged 

 nature of the silt, it was not possible to make out the exact 

 relation of the various strata. 



3. — A deposit of sand under yellow earth occurred 

 opposite Vrangue Brickfield. This sand contained rounded 



