PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
Of t^z mt&i llibing of ^oxkshm, 
AT THE SEVENTY-FIFTH MEETING, HELD IN THE CUTLERS' HALL, SHEFFIELD, 
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29tH, 1870. 
The Right Hon. LORD WHARNCLIFFE, Vice-President, 
IN THE Chair. 
His Lordship, in opening the proceedings, said: I wish I 
could say ladies and gentlemen, but as there is only one lady 
here I must say lady and gentlemen. I am sorry to find 
that, owing to the weather, there is so scanty an attendance 
to-day to listen to the papers which are about to be read. I 
am also sorry to inform you that one paper, written by the 
Rev. D. H. Haigh, " On the Runic Inscriptions of Northum- 
bria," has not been received, and, therefore, that will be 
omitted from the programme of the day. I will now, imitating 
the example of my predecessors on similar occasions, proceed 
to offer you a few remarks on the Society, its objects, and what 
it has accomplished. First of all, then, as I understand, it 
was founded by a number of coal proprietors in the Riding 
who thought it was high time that the geological formation 
of the Riding should be more accurately investigated and 
known, and the various information derived from such an 
investigation used for the purpose of the advancement of 
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