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Proposed by Mr. Bentley Shaw, seconded by Mr. J. T. 
Clay, and carried — " That Lieufc.-Col. Thos. Brooke 
and Mr. Thomas Carrington be elected members." 
The Chairman addressed the meeting on " Scientific 
Research." 
The following Papers were read : — " The Alluvial 
Deposits of the Lower Ouse Valley," by H. F. 
Parsons, M.D., F.G.S. ; " Notes on the Glacial Drift 
near Ripon," by the Rev. J. Stanley Tute, B.A.; 
" On the Silurian Erratics in Wharfedale," by J. 
R. Dakyns, M.A. (communicated by the Hon. Sec). 
A discussion followed on the three Papers, in 
which Prof Miall, Messrs. Davis, Clay, and Dr. 
Parsons took part. " On the Base of the Car- 
boniferous Limestone in the North of England," 
by J. R. Dakyns, M.A. (communicated by the 
Hon. Sec.) ; " On the Genus Poteriocrinus and 
other Allied Forms," by W. Percy Sladen, F.L.S., 
F.G.S. A discussion followed, in which Prof Miall 
and Mr. Cash took part. 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the readers 
of Papers, moved by Mr. Bentley Shaw, and 
seconded by Mr. J. T. Clay, concluded the meeting. 
Meeting of Council at the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, 
June 6th, 1877. 
Rev. J. Stanley Tute, B.A., in the chair. Present — 
Messrs. Davis, Carter, Holt, Reynolds, and the 
Rev. J. Stanley Tute. 
The Hon. Sec. read the minutes of the last meeting, 
which were confirmed. 
