PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 



AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN THE MECHANICS* 

 INSTITUTION, WAKEFIELD, 

 ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27tH, 1843. 



The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, President of the 

 Society, in the Chair. 



The Secretary reafd the following Report of the Proceed- 

 ings of the Society for the past year : — 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND 

 POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF THE WEST-RIDING OF 

 YORKSHIRE, PRESENTED AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING, ON THE 27tH OF SEPTEMBER, 1843. 



During the past year, the proceedings of the Society have 

 been conducted with the usual regularity. At the last 

 annual meeting the number of members was 329. During 

 the year 18 have been elected and 11 have resigned. The 

 list of members has also been corrected by the erasure of 

 the names of several gentlemen, who, from death, removal, 

 and other causes, had ceased to qualify, leaving the number 

 on the books, 299. 



At the annual meeting in September, papers were read 

 by the Rev. W. Thorp_<« On the failure of Red Clover 

 on certain soils," and by James Hamerton, Esq.-^«« On 

 Arboriculture." 



