PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



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On the requisition of a Fellow of the Society, three extracts from 

 the Council Minute Book were read by the Secretary. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On the Rocks of the Malvern Hills.— Part II." By Frank 

 Rutley, Esq., F.G.S. 



2. " On the alleged Conversion of Crystalline Schists into Igneous 

 Rocks in County Galwajv' By C. Callaway, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



3. " A Preliminarv Inquiry into the Genesis of the Crystalline 

 Schists of the Malvern Hills." By C. Callaway, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Specimens and photograjms to illustrate the latest volcanic erup- 

 tion in Northern California and its peculiar lava, as described by 

 J. S. Diller, Esq., U. S. Geological Survey, exhibited by the Presi- 

 dent. 



Rocks and microscopic rock-scctions, exhibited by Frank Rutley, 

 Esq., F.G.S., and Dr. C. Callaway, F.G.S., in illustration of their 

 papers. 



Photographs of microscopic rock-sections, exhibited by C. Bird, 

 Esq., F.G.S., in illustration of Dr. Callaway's papers. 



April 27, 1887. 



Prof. J. W. Jtjdd, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



F. G. Brook-Fox, Esq., Assoc. Memb. Inst. C.E., Indian Public 

 Works Department, care of Messrs. Grindlay, Groom & Co., Bom- 

 bay; and Alfred Woodhouse, Esq., Barberton, Transvaal, South 

 Africa, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On the London Clay and Bagshot Beds of Aldershot." By 

 H. G. Lyons, Esq., R.E., F.G.S. 



2. " Supplementary Note on the Walton Common Section.' 3 By 

 W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Sec.G.S. 



