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SECEETARY'S EEPORT. 
The Committee, in presenting this Report, have the pleasure 
of congratulating the members on the continued success of the 
Society, on the increased interest taken in Geological Science 
in the West Riding, and on several additions to the list of 
members of the Society, which now numbers one hundred 
and fifteen. 
It will be remembered by many members, that a debt of 
£20 was owing to Messrs. Edward Baines & Sons, for printing 
the Proceedings of the Society ; this amount had accumulated 
during several years up to 1869. The money necessary to 
pay this long standing debt has been subscribed and the 
account settled. 
Local Secretaries have been appointed in Barnsley, Brad- 
ford, Halifax, and Huddersfield ; an extension of the number 
to other towns in the Riding is very desirable, so that the 
usefulness of the Society may have a greater field for its 
operation, and that it may be strengthened by additional 
members being enrolled. 
In accordance with the Resolution passed at the Seventy- 
seventh Meeting, held at Leeds, a Summary of Geological 
Literature, relating to the West Riding, published during 
the past year, is in preparation, and will be inserted in the 
Annual Report of Proceedings. A list of Titles of Papers 
on West Riding Geology, contained in the Transactions and 
J ournals for past years of the various Geological Societies, as 
well as of separate Publications on the same subject, is also 
in course of preparation. 
The appended list of Societies periodically send us copies 
of their printed Transactions or Proceedings, which are ac- 
