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whether the theories which have been advanced are corrobo- 
rated or contradicted by those facts. 
My attention has been drawn to two objects presented by 
Mr. Briggs. He has furnished us with specimens of all the 
strata from the surface to the very bottom of a shaft : he 
has given us a list of all the fossils found in each stratum, 
and every thing connected with it. I wish that every person 
connected with collieries in the whole of the West-Riding 
would do what Mr. Briggs has done. The Society would be 
extremely happy to receive such communications, and would 
value them highly. 
The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 
Society : — 
The Ven. Archdeacon Musgrave, 
Halifax. 
Christopher Dawson, Jun. Esq. Do. 
John Rhodes Ralph, Esq., Do. 
Rev. W. Turner, Do. 
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Upper Shibden 
Hall. 
Edward Akroyd, Esq., Bank Field. 
H. Akroyd, Esq. Woodside. 
R. Mellin, Esq., Wakefield. 
H. Clarkson, Esq. Do. 
R. K. LuMB, Esq., Halifax. 
Rev. F. Russell, Do. 
Dr. Inglis, Halifax. 
Wm. Briggs, Esq. Do. 
John Dawson, Esq. Do. 
Abraham Jubb, Esq. Do. 
E. N. Alexander, Esq., F. S.A. Do. 
Wm. Haigh, Esq., Shay, Halifax. 
Thos. Varley, Esq., Edgerton House, 
Huddersfield. 
Henry Macaulay, Esq., Huddersfield. 
Wm. Wallen, Esq. Do. 
Rev. Michael Trappes, Do. 
J. Nowell, Esq., Farnley Wood, Do. 
Thomas W. Rawson, Esq., Bradford. 
The following Resolutions were passed : — 
" That the next meeting be held in Leeds, on the 2nd of 
June." 
That the thanks of the Society be given to the Philo- 
sophical Society of Halifax, for the use of their hall, and for 
their kindness in making arrangements for the meeting." 
The following Papers were then read ;- 
