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an honour to be placed in the chair. With reference to geo- 
logy his position was a very humble one, but in the rival 
science of philosophy, perhaps he might have some claim to / 
be a member. He had not professed to go into much detail in 
any thing he had said, for it required a great amount of study 
to keep pace with the progress which science had made within 
the last few years. He could only say that he sincerely 
thanked them for the honour they had done to him, and he 
would do all in his power to further the interests of the society. 
The assemblage then dispersed, and the meeting was ad- 
journed to six o'clock in the evening. 
THE ORDINARY. 
The ordinary, which had been previously announced, took 
place at the Talbot Inn, at four o'clock, when about 40 gen- 
tlemen sat down. John Garnett Horsfall, Esq. presided, 
and the Vice-chair was occupied by Dr. Outhwaite. 
THE EVENING MEETING. 
In the evening a number of gentlemen, who had taken an 
interest in the proposed section, assembled to discuss it. A 
good deal of practical information bearing on the subject was 
elicited ; but the meeting was unable to come to a decision on 
a subject that involved so many points of detail, and the mat- 
ter was referred to the Committee on the section for further 
consideration and report. 
Erratum, page 18, line 2, instead of — 
" The line he should recommend was neither north nor south, but that which 
" would best develope the construction of the strata between the millstone grit of 
" Yorkshire and that of Lancashire ;" 
Read — 
The line he should recommend was neither that proposed by Mr. Morton nor 
that suggested by Mr. Thorp, but one that would best develope the construction 
of the strata between the magnesian limestone of Yorkshire and the millstone 
grit of Lancashire. 
Note to page 8, line 2. For the Diagram referred to, see Illustrations of the 
Geology of Yorkshire, by Professor Phillips, part 2, plate 24, No. 14. 
EDWARD BAINES AND SONS, PRINTERS, tEEDB. 
