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through the medium of our Meetings, the scientific investiga- 

 tion of this district, which is second in importance to none 

 in the kingdom, would be greatly advanced. The probability 

 of this county becoming the scene of extensive railway 

 operation, renders the proceedings of the Society for some 

 years of great interest. Such a favourable opportunity for 

 examining the structure of this district may probably never 

 again occur ; and if the facilities which will be afforded be 

 properly cultivated, a mass of information of the greatest 

 practical importance may be collected. The Council 

 especially recommend this subject to the attention of the 

 Members generally, and more particularly of those gentle- 

 men whose engagements render them .familiar with the 

 projected works. 



In accordance with the notice laid on the table at the last 

 Annual Meeting, the Council took the needful steps for 

 carrying out the arrangements for the proposed removal 

 of the Museum ; and they have now to report that the 

 specimens have been placed in a separate apartment in 

 the Hall of the Philosophical and Literary Society of 

 Leeds ; and it is hoped that the opportunity of studying 

 the peculiar fossils of our own coal field, in connection 

 with the more general collection, to which our members 

 have free access, will tend to the cultivation of Geological 

 science, and increase the interest felt in this Society. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science 

 having met at York at the period generally appointed for 

 our anniversary, it was considered (after much deliberation, 

 and with the full concurrence of the President) to be most 

 expedient to postpone the Annual Meeting till this time. 

 It will, therefore, be needful to proceed to the appointment 

 of officers for the ensuing year, and to the consideration 

 of the financial position of the Society. 



