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MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 
Council Meeting, Philosophical Hall, Leeds, April 10th, 1889. 
J. Ray Edd}^ Esq., in the chair; present — Messrs. Reynolds, 
Cheetham, Bedford, Adamson, Gray and Davis. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following account was ordered to be paid : — 
Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society ^s. 6d. 
The Hon. Secretary presented a copy of the History of the 
Societ}^ and it was resolved on the motion of Mr. Cheetham, seconded 
by Mr. Bedford,— 
That the volume be bound in cloth. 
Mr. Reynolds proposed, and Mr. Bedford seconded, — 
That copies be supplied to members without charge before the 
end of the current year, and that extra copies may be supplied to 
members at a charge of os. each. 
It was resolved that a meeting be held as soon as possible in 
May, and that the Secretary make the necessary arrangements for it. 
General Meeting, Talbot Hotel, Malton, May 8th, 1889. 
J. H. Phillips, Esq., occupied the chair. 
The minutes of the annual meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following papers were read : — 
G. W. Lamplugh, "On the sequence of the Beds at Speeton 
and their foreign equivalents." 
The paper was discussed by the Chairman, Rev. E. Maule Cole, 
and Mr. Davis. 
James W. Davis, On a Biographical notice of Hugh E. 
Strickland, F.G.S., &c." 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings, 
the authors of papers being also included. 
Meeting of the Council, Leeds, July 10th, 1889. 
Richard Carter, Esq., in the chair ; present — Prof. A. Lupton, 
Messrs. Rowley, Atkinson and Davis. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. A corres- 
pondence between the Hon. Secretary and Lord Halifax was read, 
and it was resolved on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by 
Mr. Rowley, — 
