PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL MD POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
Of l^c MtBt gibing oi garksfeiu, 
At the Se\xnty-sixth Meeting, held in the Guildhall, Doncastee, 
ON Wednesday, Septembee 28th, 1870, 
WILLIA]SI ALDAM, Esq., in the Chair. 
The seventy- six til meetiag of this Society was held at the 
Guildhall, in Doncaster, on Wednesday, September 28th. 
The attendance, which was not large, included — The Hon. 
Mrs. Ythil Barrington and Mr. Barrington; Mr. J. Wal- 
banke Childers and Mrs. Childers, Cantley Hall ; Eev. Chas. 
Childers, Nice ; Mr. T. Walker and Mrs. Walker, Wood- 
lands ; Mr. E. A. Watson, Queen's College, Oxford ; Mr. C. 
Baker, Deaf and Dumb Institution ; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen 
Seal, Mr. W. Godfrey, Eev. W. H. Walker, Eev. J. J. 
Dalton, Mr. J. B. Sheardown, Dr. Sykes, Mr. J. Barraclough, 
(of Arksey,) Mr. Heslop, Mr. J. Tomlinson, Miss Simpson, 
Mr. J. Snow, Miss Appleby, Mrs. J. J. Dalton, Mrs. D. 
Eoberts, Miss Ehodes, Miss Pearson, Mr. H. J. Cheeseman, 
Miss M. Ehodes, Misses Smith, Mr. Hawley, Mr. G. Mellor, 
William Aldam, Esq., of Frickley Hall, who occupied the 
chair, said that, as there were a great number of papers to 
read— although the attendance was limited, though perhaps 
as large as they might have expected — it would be better that 
they should commence the proceedings at once. He regretted 
that some one better qualified did not occupy the chair. At 
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