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secretary's report. 
and the passage of this water under the River Ribble by a natural 
syphon of hmestone under boulder-clay, were interesting facts 
brought out by the investigation. It was resolved to obtain 
permission from the landowner to put down two bore-holes 
in the flat surrounding Turn Dub, to ascertain the thickness of 
the boulder- clay. 
The Third General Meeting was held at Cromer on Friday, 
July 10th, and was associated with an extended Field Excursion 
from July 9th to 14th, in the neighbourhood of Cromer and 
Norwich, under the leadership of Mr. F. W. Harmer, F.G.S., 
by whom a complete account of the investigations has been 
written and is published in this part of the Proceedings. 
The Underground Waters' Committee has had two meetings 
during the year, and has continued its investigations on the 
springs, pot-holes, and channels on the slopes of Simon's Fell 
above Selside, and the openings at Footnaw's Hole and Turn 
Dub. At the Southport meeting of the British Association, 
Mr. A. R. Dwerryhouse, M.Sc, F.G.S., presented the report 
of the year's work, Avhich was received by the Geological Section 
with much interest, and the balance of the grant was allowed 
to be retained for the completion of the investigations. 
Our Society was again recognised as one of the Correspond- 
ing Societies of the British Association, and Mr. Percy F. Kendall. 
F.G.S., was appointed delegate to the Corresponding Societies' 
Committee at the Southport meeting. 
The Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S., was appointed 
Representative Governor of the Yorkshire College. 
The Council have heard with satisfaction that Mr. P. F. 
Kendall, F.G.S., has been elected a member of the Council of 
the Geological Society, and that two members of our Society, 
the Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S., and Mr. J. Lomas, 
F.G.S., were chosen secretaries of Section C at the Southport 
meeting of the British Association. 
The number of members given in last year's report is 185. 
During the year fourteen new members have been elected, two 
of them being life members. Two of our members have been 
removed by death — Mr. James Bedford, of Leeds, a respected 
and valued member for 28 years ; and Mr. Adam Millward, 
