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REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 
to provide Mr. Kendall with six-inch ordnance maps for the detailed 
survey of the glacial deposits of the western side of the Pennine 
Chain, was considered and adopted. 
The following accounts were passed for payment : — 
£ s. d. 
Goodail & Suddick— Maps 15 0 
F. Carter — Stationery, Circulars, and Plates 
for Proceedings ... ... 16 2 3 
£17 7 3 
The Secretary read a letter from Lord Ripon, saying that he 
would endeavour to be present and preside at the Annual General 
Meeting at Wakefield in October. 
The Council suggested Thursday, October 22nd, as a suitable 
date, but left the arrangements in the Secretary's hands to suit Lord 
Ripon 's convenience. 
The Secretary reported that, at his request, the Rev. John 
Hawell, M.A., had kindly consented to act as Local Secretary for the 
Middlesbrough District. This appointment was approved. 
General Meeting and Field Excursion at Whitby, July 31st and 
August 1st, 1896. Leaders :— Messrs. P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., W. Y. 
Veitch, M.R.C.S., and the Rev. J. Hawell, M.A. 
Friday, July 31st. — The Members met at Robin Hood's Bay, 
and made their way to Hawsker Bottoms by the shore. The cliffs 
were ascended at Hawsker, and the party walked back to Whitby. 
The Members dined together at the Crown Hotel. 
Saturday, August 1st. — The 9-5 train from West Cliff Station 
brought the party to Peak, where some of the Members alighted and 
descended the cliffs to the shore. The rest of the party went on to 
Staintondale Station. A footroad was taken to the cliffs, and a 
descent made to Beast Chfif. After making way, with some difficulty, 
through the thick growth of trees, ferns and heather, a road was found 
down to the shore near Blea Wyke, and the rough mass of blocks 
which form the beach was traversed. Abundance of fossils were 
obtained from the Dogger Beds at Blea Wyke and the Alum Shale 
