PKOCEEDINGS 
OP THE 
GEOLOGICAL AM) POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
AT THE SEVENTY-FIRST (ANNUAL) MEETING HELD IN THE 
BOARD-ROOM, AT THE GAS WORKS, BARNSLEY, 
ON THURSDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1867. 
WALTER SPENCER STANHOPE, Esq., J.P., 
IN THE CHAIR. 
The President, in opening the proceedings, said : — In the 
absence of Lord Fitzwilliam, or any other gentleman of more 
influence in the county, I esteem it an honour to be called 
upon to take the chair for the first time at one of your 
meetings. I am informed by the Secretary that this is the 
Annual Meeting, therefore, before the reading of the papers, 
for the chief object for which we meet is the reading of 
papers and discussions upon the same, there are a few matters 
of a routine character to be gone through, namely, the election 
of oflicers, the admission of new members, and the reading of 
the accounts by the Secretary. I am informed by him, and 
it is well I should express the wish, that it is desirable this 
Society may be more generally known. If any of you here 
have the means of spreading a knowledge of the existence of 
this Society and its objects, it will be well. I think this 
Society being chiefly connected with geology and mining, 
and as mining pursuits are so much the occupation of 
this part of South Yorkshire, the subject is of very great 
