secretary's report, 1904. 
Another year of stead}', successful effort has to be reported, 
and it is satisfactory to note that there is no falling off in the 
number of members or the value of the work accomplished. 
The Spring General Meeting was held at Leeds on Thursday, 
February 25tli, and with it was associated a morning Field Excur- 
sion to Meanwood. led by the Hon. Secretary. The interesting 
sections in the ganister beds were examined and a walk was 
taken through Meanwood Wood to view the gorge in the Mill- 
stone Grit at Weetwood. After lunch some of the members 
visited the Leeds Philosophical Hall to hear Mr. Crowther's 
lecture to the children of the Leeds elementary schools on 
" Wonders of Insect Life." At the General Meeting, held at 
the Church Institute, the chair was taken by Mr. Walter Rowley, 
F.S.A., F.G.S., who delivered an address on " The Science 
and Use of Mining." A lecture was then delivered by Mr. 
Arthur W. Rowe, M.S.. M.B.. F.G.S., of Margate, on "The 
White Chalk of Yorkshire." which was illustrated by a number 
of beautiful lantern slides. The lecture was followed by a 
discussion, and hearty votes of thanks to the Lecturer and the 
Chairman concluded the proceedings. 
The second General Meeting was held at Sedbergh on Friday, 
May 27th. under the presidency of Mr. Arthur R. Dwerryhouse. 
M.Sc, F.G.S., and was associated T\ith a series of interesting 
Field Excursions under the leadership of Mr. W. Robinson, 
of Sedbergh. 
On Friday. May 27tli, the party visited Castlehaw Gill, 
at Sedbergh, and examined the exposures of Coniston Grits 
overlaid unconformably by the Basement Conglomerate of the 
Carboniferous series. Thence the members drove to Hebble- 
thwaite HaU, where the Basement Conglomerate was again in 
evidence. In Hebblethwaite Gill several faults were noted 
and many interesting sections of the junction of the Silurian 
beds and the overlying conglomerate were seen. The leader 
then took the party to Penny Farm Gill, where there is a fine 
