GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
HE present number of members is 53. During the year the 
President was absent for some months when he attended 
the meeting of the British Association in Australia. 
At the commencement of the war the newly-appointed joint 
Honorary Secretary, Mr. D. E. Innes, joined the new Army, so 
the Section was deprived of his services. 
Prof. S. H. Reynolds, M.A., Sc.D., F.G.S., was re-elected 
President, and B. A. Baker, F.G.S., Hon. Sec. for the year. 
There have been eight meetings when the following papers 
were read : — 
23rd January. — " The Scenery of the N.W. and Mid-Wales and 
Wye Valley" (illustrated by lantern slides), by Iy. Richardson, 
February. — " Oil Deposits," by A. P. Bacon. 
19th March.— " Earth Movements," by G. M. Tincknell. 
23rd April. — " Geological Sections through the Andes of 
Peru," by J. A. Douglas, M.A., F.G.S. (illustrated by maps and 
lantern slides). 
23rd May. — " Fifty Years' Geological Research in the Bristol 
District," by Prof. S. H. Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S. 
15th October. — " Founders of Geology," by F. S. Wallis. 
19th November. — <c Some Thoughts Concerning River Develop- 
ment in S.W. England and Wales," by L. Richardson, F.G.S. 
17th December. — "Some Ancient Mountains" (illustrated by 
lantern slides), by Dr. T. T. Groom, F.G.S. 
The average attendance at seven out of the eight meetings was 
23, which is an improvement on the previous year. 
The Financial Report shows receipts amounting to ^3 7s., 
which is a considerable falling off from previous years. The 
expenditure amounts to £4 14s. Sd., so that had there not been a 
balance of £2 is. 5d. brought forward from last }^ear, the Section 
would have been in debt. As the accounts now stand there is 
only 13/9 carried forward to the good for next year. The reason 
of the receipts being so small is owing to the fact that there are 
21 subscriptions unpaid (some of these have been paid since the 
accounts were closed), and I regret to find that many of those 
who have not paid have left Bristol. 
F.G.S. 
B. A. Baker, lion. Sec. 
