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Whilst, however, the reaping hand of Time is gathering- 
one after another of those with whom we have loved to 
associate, in the work and labour of scientific progress, let us 
take courage from the fact, that good men and true are at 
hand, to fill the vacant chairs of those whose loss we mourn. 
In our lamented friend Mr. Denny, we all know that the 
Society was bereaved of one whose devotion to science, in all 
its applications, was of the most earnest and sympathetic 
character. 
Happily, however, for the promotion of all our future 
aspirations, we have worth}^ and most competent successors ; 
in Mr. Louis C. Miall especially, we have one whose attain- 
ments have won him a well-defined mark in the scientific 
world, and whose kindness and generosity in promoting the 
acquisition of scientific knowledge, have established him in 
the esteem and regard of many laborious students in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire. I trust he may long enjo}^ 
health and satisfaction, in directing and promoting the aims 
and objects of this Society. 
In this brief retrospect, forced b}'- the absence of the 
Society for so many years from Barnsley and its immediate 
neighbourhood, we are reminded of many whose co-operation 
and societ}^ it is refreshing and agreeable to dwell upon. 
The late Eev. William Thorpe must always be remembered 
in connection with its history ; and his elaborate Section of 
the Yorkshire Coal Field, will always remain as a testimony 
to his extensive research and accurate observation on its 
geological structure. Xo doubt the more recent publications 
of the Grovernment Geological Survey display a more minute 
and exact record of our local stratification ; and we hail the 
established residence amongst us of Professor Green, to 
whose careful investigation and accomplished skill, those 
records are chiefly due, as an unqualified pleasure and great 
local advantage. The published Sections of the Geological 
