PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 



AT THE TWENTY-SIXTH QUARTERLY MEETING, HELD IN THE 

 HALL OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY, 

 IN LEEDS, 



ON WEDNESDAY, THE IOTH OF JULY, 1844. | 



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On the motion of James Garth Marshall, Esq., F.G.S., 

 seconded by the Rev. Wm. Thorp, 



The Chair was taken by William West, Esq., Vice- 

 President. 



The Secretary moved, and Mr. Thomas • Wilson 

 seconded, the election of Mr. Thomas Walker, Leeds 

 Borough Surveyor, as a Member of the Society. 



Mr. Hartop moved, and the Rev. William Thorp 

 seconded, a resolution " That the thanks of the Society 

 be given to the Philosophical and Literary Society for the 

 use of their Hall at this time." 



The Rev. Wm. Thorp read a paper " Describing some 

 of the Principal Faults in the Yorkshire Coal Field." 

 This paper will be printed in the forthcoming volume 

 " On the Geology of the Yorkshire Coal Field," by the 

 above gentleman. 



