PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 

 (3f ifit Wie^umtiinQ of Forftsi&to, 



AT THE TWENTY-NINTH QUARTERI.Y MEETING, HELD IN THE 

 TOWN HALL, PONTEFRACT, ON FRIDAY^ AUGUST 8tH, 1845. 



The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam in the chair. 



On the motion of the Secretary, the following gentlemen 



were elected Members of the Society : — 



Rev. Andrew Cassels, Morley. 



Lord Galway, Serlby, near Bawtry. 



Rev. T. Hind, Featherstone, Pontefraet. 



Samuel Hirst, Esq., Kellington, Pontefraet. 



William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefraet. 



Richard Monckton Milnes, Esq., M. P., Frystone. 



Mr. MoxoN, Pontefraet. 



Rev. Richard Stainforth, Pontefraet. 



Dr. Simpson, Pontefraet. 



His Lordship rose and said, that the Society with which 

 they were connected had frequently met in different towns 

 in the West Riding ; and now they were assembled in that 

 town which, in one respect at least, might be considered as a 

 sort of metropolis — it being that town in which the principal 

 magisterial business was transacted. It was always a satisfac- 

 tion to visit a town where hospitality was shown to strangers ; 

 and it was a great satisfaction to him to be able to meet his 

 fellow-associates in the fulfilment of their labours, in a town 

 where they were most admirably accommodated by the liberal 

 hospitality of the worthy Chief Magistrate of the borough. 



