PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
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AT THE FORTY-NINTH (THE ANNUAL GENERAL) MEETING, HELD 
IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL HALL, LEEDS, ON THURSDAY, JAN. 28TH, 1858, 
AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON. 
Thomas Wilson, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Wilson, in opening the proceedings, remarked that 
James Garth Marshall, Esq., would have presided on that 
occasion, but he was confined to his house. He was sure 
that those present that day would all join with him in 
deeply regretting the loss the Society had sustained by the 
death of their first and only president, Earl Fitzwilliam. 
That nobleman took an active part in the business of the 
Society throughout its existence. Not only was he most 
liberal whenever the Society applied to him — offering as he 
did, the sum of £500 towards establishing a museum if it 
could be carried out ; — but he attended the meetings and 
did everything to further the interests of the Society. 
He regretted very much to see such a small meeting that 
day in a town like Leeds, which was deeply interested in 
the objects of the Society. The council had it in contem- 
plation to hold their next meeting during the visit of the 
British Association to Leeds in the autumn of this year, 
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