PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 



AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN THE CUTLERS* HALL, 

 SHEFFIELD, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 1846. 



The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, F.R.S., President, 

 took the Chair. 



His Lordship said, the first proceedings in point of order, 

 or, rather, in point of custom, would be the election of New 

 Members, and then the reading of the Report ; after which, 

 the constitution of the Society authorized the election of Offi- 

 cers ; and those gentlemen who had previously held office were 

 eligible to be re-elected; but it was necessary that this form 

 should be adhered to, as they were only elected for one year. 



The Rev. Wm. Thorp then moved, and Mr. Thomas 

 Wilson seconded, that the following gentlemen be admitted 

 Members of the Society : — 



The Hon. and Rev. W. Howard, of Whiston ; 



The Rev. William Mason, of Normanton ; 



James Yates, Esq., F.R. S., Norton Hall, Derbyshire. 



The Secretary then read the following Report for the 



past year : — 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND 

 POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF THE WEST - RIDING OF 

 YORKSHIRE, PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING, ON THE 28tH OF OCTOBER, 1846. 



The progress of the Society during the two years past, 

 and its present condition and prospects, may be considered 

 satisfactory and encouraging. 



