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converted it, and manufactured the steel Into tools, which 

 were apparently of the hest quality ; but he was fearful of 

 injuring the character of his articles, and, being still doubt- 

 ful whether it was safe to send them out to his customers, he 

 requested him (Dr. Scoresby) to examine them, and, on 

 submitting them to the test, he found that although the steel 

 of which they were made was lower by £10 per ton than 

 what the manufacturer had usually employed, it was in every 

 respect of equal quality. 



The notice having been read, which had been laid upon 

 the table at the Annual Meeting, 



It was proposed by Mr. Pitt, and seconded by Mr. 

 Morton, and carried unanimously. 



That the Specimens composing the Museum of this Society, be 

 removed to the Apartments of the Leeds Philosophical and Lite- 

 rary Society, and that they be kept there as a separate Collection, 

 and remain the property of the West-Riding Geological and 

 Polytechnic Society, and be reclaimable at pleasure, on due notice, 

 and that the following gentlemen be requested to carry the fore- 

 going Resolution into effect, and that they be appointed a Com- 

 mittee, to make the needful arrangements, viz., Mr. Briggs, Mr. 

 Holt, Mr. Morton, Mr. J. G. Marshall, Mr. Embleton, Mr. J. W. 

 Leather, Mr. Teale, and Mr. Thomas Wilson. 



Dr. Inglis moved, and Mr. Briggs seconded, the fol- 

 lowing resolution, which was carried unanimously : 



That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of Huddersfield, for their kindness in afford- 

 ing the use of the Hall on the present occasion. 



Dr. Inglis then read the following Paper : — 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISCOVERY OF COPROLITES IN THE 

 STANLEY SHALE AND FLOCKTON STONE, OR FISH COAL, 



BY MR. M. SIMPSON, OF WHITBY COMMUNICATED BY 



JAMES INGLIS, ESQ., M.D., HALIFAX. 



As facts ought to form the basis of every Geological theory, 

 and as your Society has for one of its great objects the pro- 



