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An address on " The Science and Use of Mining " was 
delivered by the Chairman. 
A lecture on " The White Chalk of Yorkshire " was delivered 
by Mr. Arthur W. Rowe, M.S., M.B.. F.G.S., of Margate, illus- 
trated by lantern slides. The lecture was followed by a dis- 
cussion in which Messrs. P. F. Kendall, J. Burnett, and J. W. 
Stather took part, and Mr. Rowe replied. 
Votes of thanks were passed to the Lecturer and the Cliair- 
man. 
General Meeting and Field Excursion, Sedbergli, May 27th 
to 30th, 1904. 
Friday, May 27th. — The party, under the guidance of 
Mr. W. Robinson, examined the unconformity between the 
Coniston Grits and the basement Carboniferous Conglomerate 
at Castlehaw Gill and again near Hebblethwaite Hall. The 
western slope of Baugh Fell was then traversed to Tliwaites 
Gill and an examination was made of mica-trap and felsite 
dykes on the slopes of Fox Hole Rigg. 
The General Meeting was held at the White Hart Hotel, 
Sedbergh, under the presidency of Mr. A. R. Dwerryhouse, 
M.Sc, F.G.S. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
Mr. George F. Townend, of Colne. was elected a member. 
Letters of regret for absence were read from Messrs. W. 
Ackroyd. E. D. Wellburn, and C. W. Fennell. 
The foUo-wing resolution was proposed by the Rev. C. T. 
Pratt, M.A., seconded by the Hon. Secretary, and carried : — 
*' That the Secretary be desired to convey to the Rev. John 
Hawell, M.A., F.G.S. , the sincerest sympathy of the members 
with him in his illness, of which they have heard with much 
concern, and their earnest hope for his recovery." 
An address was delivered by the Chairman on " The Geologi- 
cal Structure of Sedbergh and District," illustrated by a large 
map. 
