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A general feeling of gratification was expressed at 

 the co-operation of the two Societies, which have many 

 subjects of common interest, and the Council look forward 

 with pleasure to the prospect of a future opportunity of inter- 

 changing information of a mutually interesting character. 



This list of communications, while it indicates the 

 existence, in the West-Riding, of a large portion of that 

 inquiring spirit which so peculiarly marks the present age, 

 must also be highly satisfactory to every supporter of the 

 Geological and Polytechnic Society, as a proof of the 

 advantages resulting from the establishment of an Institu- 

 tion so well calculated to elicit the varied talents of its 

 members. 



The Council would particularly call attention to the 

 progress of the line of section taking across the West- 

 Riding : two of the divisions are now completed, namely, 

 that surveyed by Mr. Bull, which includes the township of 

 Mirfield, and the one by Mr. T. W. Hall, comprising the 

 townships of Bretton- West, Crigglestone, Wortley, Notton, 

 Roy stone, Shafton, Brier] ey, and Great Houghton, extending 

 over a distance of upwards of nine miles, and exhibiting a noble 

 instance of the devotion of individual exertion to the ad- 

 vancement of scientific knowledge. It is of much importance 

 that those gentlemen who have so liberally undertaken to 

 perform the remaining portion, should make their arrange- 

 ments as early as possible, in order that the whole line of the 

 section, with the geological characters marked on it, may be 

 completed before the lapse of another summer. 



In the last Annual Report, the Council stated that a 

 resident Curator had been appointed, to take charge of the 

 Museum in Wakefield. This proceeding involved a consider- 

 able annual expenditure, and after upwards of a year's 

 experience, the Council do not consider that the increased 

 outlay has been attended by correspondent advantages ; and 



