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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
6f t^e S^cst-gibing of gorksljire, 
AT THE SEVENTY- THIRD MEETING, HELD IN THE 
LECTURE-ROOM OF THE CHURCH INSTITUTE, AT WAKEFIELD, 
ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1869. 
Dr. HoLDSWORTH (Mayor of Wakefield) in the Chair. 
The Chairman having briefly alluded to the origin of the 
Society at Wakefield, and welcomed the members to the 
town on the present occasion, 
The following gentlemen were unanimously elected mem- 
bers of the Society : — Dr. Holdsworth, of Wakefield ; the 
Rev. Scott F. Surtees, Rector of Sprotburgh; Sir Charles 
Lowther, Bart., of Swillington House ; T. W. Tew, of Carlton 
Yilla, Pontefract ; Stephen Seal, of Goldthorpe Hall, Darfield. 
The accoimts of the Society for the past year were then 
read, and the officers and committee appointed, as follows: — 
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPEXDITUEE 
Of the Geological a>d Polytechkic Society of the West-Eidi>'g of Yorkshire. 
Prom October, 18G7, to October, 1868. 
DR. £. s. d. 
By 2 Subscriptions for 1866. . ..1 6 0 
„ 84 „ 1867.. .. 54 12 0 
„ 13 „ 1868.. .. 8 9 0 
£64 7 0 
CE. £. s. d. 
By Printing and Advertising . . 18 19 0 
Pliilosophical Society for 
Kent of Museum Eooms . . 10 0 0 
„ Collecting Subscriptions .... 1 10 7 
„ Postages 1 8 6 
„ Expenses of Meetings 0 14 3 
,, Carriage of Parcels and Ee- 
ports 0 5 9 
,, Subscription to the Palseon- 
tographical Society 1 1 0 
„ Lithographing Plates for Ee- 
ports 2 3 0 
„ Purchase of . Sections and 
Diagrams 1 8 .0 
„ Photographs of Ancient 
Crosses 0 6 0 
„ Stationery 0 2 6 
General Secretary on Account 26 8 6 
£64 7 0 
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