PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 



AT THE EIGHTEENTH QUARTERLY MEETING, HELD AT 

 WAKEFIELD, ON MONDAY, 4tH OF JULY, 1842. 



On the motion of Henry Briggs, Esq., seconded by 

 Thomas Wilson, Esq., 



William West, Esq. was called to the Chair. 



Mr. West said it would have been more agreeable to him 

 if some one else had been elected president, but as he had 

 wished well to the Society from its commencement, he thought 

 he could not better show that good will than by complying 

 with their wish. He was sorry to see such a small attendance, 

 but he thought the circumstance could be well accounted for. 

 The unfavourable weather had, he knew, detained some in 

 Leeds ; and some had only just left a long and laborious, 

 though, he must add, an interesting meeting of the British 

 Association, at Manchester. He trusted, however, that when 

 they next met it would be in greater force. He hoped that the 

 character of the Papers which would that day be read, would 

 increase the number of the Society's members. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 

 Society : — 



Rev. Wyndham Madden, M. A., Woodhoiise, Huddersfield. 

 Rev. C. Alderson, M.A., Kirkheaton, Huddersfield. 

 Thomas Firth, Esq., Toothill, Huddersfield. 

 Thomas Mason, Esq., Copt Hewick, near Ripon. 



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