2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



James W. Carrall, Esq., F,Gr.S. "With a Note by ¥m. Carruthers, 

 Esq., F.E.S., F.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Eock-sections and specimens of rocks from Anglesey and Porth- 

 dinlleyn, exhibited by Prof. T. G. Bonney in illustration of his 

 paper. 



Remains of recent plants in brown iron-ore, exhibited by J. 

 Arthur Phillips, Esq., in illustration of his paper. 



Carboniferous plant-remains, from T'ang Shan, Chih Li, China, 

 exhibited by J. W. Carrall, Esq., in illustration of his paper. 



Sections of Devonian Corals, Agates, and Mocha Stones, exhibited 

 by S. H. Needham, Esq., to illustrate a new method of mounting 

 large sections of fossils, and minerals, and other natural-history 

 objects (such as Lepidoptera), so as to exhibit both the upper and 

 under surfaces at one view. 



November 17, 1880. 



Robert Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Prof. Joseph Henry Tompson, of the Auckland College, Auckland, 

 New Zealand, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The names of the following Fellows in arrear to the Society were 

 read out by the President for the first time, in accordance with 

 Section VI. B, Article 6, of the Bye-laws : — W. H. Peacock, Esq., 

 and W. Salmon, Esq. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The President called attention to the portrait of Dr. William 

 Smith, presented to the Society by his grand-nephew, Mr. W. Smith, 

 of Cheltenham, which was then suspended behind the chair, and 

 expressed his great satisfaction at this most interesting picture being 

 in the possession of the Society. 



Mr. W. W. Smyth expressed the satisfaction that all must feel 

 in possessing a genuine relic of this eminent stratigraphical geologist. 

 Now this one, which had been so liberally presented to the Society, 

 was a most indubitable portrait of the most conspicuous founder of 

 English geology. That portrait was painted by M. Fourau in 1837, 

 and was certainly an admirable likeness. The Society was deeply 

 indebted to the donor, Mr. W. Smith, the cousin of the late valued 

 Prof. Phillips. The portrait now hanging on the wall was engraved 

 in Prof. Phillips's 6 Life ' of his uncle. He proposed a hearty vote 

 of thanks to the donor. 



