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though it was not directly the object of geologists to promote the 
more practical commercial interests of the country, still the two 
were inevitably bound together. They could well remember the 
time when very little was known of the classification of the coal- 
beds of Yorkshire in the different places in which they occurred, 
and when the coalfields in Yorkshire were supposed to be much 
more limited than they had proved themselves to be. It was sup- 
posed that the Barnsley bed did not extend to Woolley Edge, and 
it was supposed that there was a very great break between the 
Wakefield coalfields and those in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Barnsley. A large and vast amount of country which had been 
supposed to be barren, had now been proved to be rich in mineral 
products. It was, in fact, only recently that it was supposed that 
the Silkstone coal could be found in its entirety and in workable 
condition below the Barnsley bed. Now they had before them the 
important problem as to the manner in which the dip itself con- 
tinued as they went to the eastward. That was a point of immense 
commercial interest to the neighbourhood. It was very important 
also to consider whether the Yorkshire coalfields lay in a basin, and 
rose again to the point where they had been eroded and covered 
by other strata which had been deposited at a later period, or 
whether the dip found in the neighbourhood so continued to the 
eastward, and so more rapidly brought the coalfield to a depth at 
which it could probably be no longer worked with any prospect of 
success. 
The following Papers were read : — 
A. R. Kell, Esq., "On a Section at the Barrow Collieries, 
Worsbro'." Messrs. Carter, Davis, and the Chairman 
took part in the discussion. 
Stephen Seal, Esq., "On Geological Specimens found in 
Earl Fitzwilliam's quarry, at Darfield." 
Dr. Parsons, F.G.S., "On the Trias of the Vale of York." 
The Chairman and Hon. Secretary took part in a dis- 
cussion on this Paper. 
J. W. Davis, Esq., F.G.S., F.L.S., &c, "On the Source of 
the Erratic Boulders, in the Yalley of the Calder." 
Moved by Mr. Embleton, seconded by Mr. J. Hutchinson, and 
carried — "That a vote of thanks be given to the readers 
of Papers." 
Moved by the Hon. Secretary, seconded by Mr. T. Lister, and 
carried — " That a vote of thanks be given to Messrs. Kell 
for their assiduous attention to the comfort of the members, 
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