PROCEEDINCxS 
OF THE 
Vol. II. OCTOBER, 1867. No. 9. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
Thursday, October 3rd, 1867. — Mr. Thomas Pease, F.G.S.* 
Vice-President, in the chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. Leipner, said that all present would 
regret the absence of their esteemed President, Mr. W. Sanders, F.R.S., 
the state of whose health was still such as to prevent him from attending 
that evening, and it was to be feared that he would be unable to attend 
any evening meetings during the coming winter. The Hon. Secretary then 
read the minutes of the last meeting at the Institution, and alluded to the 
three Excursion-meetings held during the summer, reports of which were 
in the hands of the members. He announced that the following gentle- 
men had been recently elected by the Council new ordinary members of 
the Society: — Mr. Edward Simpson; Mr. Wm. J.French; Mr. George 
■P. Serocold; Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S., of Bath; Mr. Wm. 
Bennett ; Mr. Swinfen Jordan ; and that Mr. James Phillips had been re- 
