secretaries' report. 
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In September the last General Meeting for the season was 
lield at Gainsborough under the presidency of Mr. F. M. Burton, 
F.G.S. On September 24th the train was taken to Froding- 
ham where the party was met by local geologists. The day 
was spent in examining the Frodingham Ironstone and the 
interesting superficial deposits in tlie many sections now avail- 
able as a result of the great extension of the ironstone workings. 
At tlie General Meeting a short account of the geology of Gains- 
l)orough and neighbourhood was given b}^ the Chairman, and 
Mr. H. Preston read a paper on " The Rliaetic Deposits of the 
District." A very interesting discussion followed. On Septem- 
ber 25tli a visit was paid to the escarpment overlooking the 
Trent Valley and the famous section of the Rhaetic Beds at Lea. 
On September 26th the party visited Kirmington, where the 
inter-glacial deposits were examined. 
Early in the year the Geological Society of Glasgow cele- 
brated their jubilee, and Mr. H. Brantwood Maufe attended 
as the representative of our Society. 
For the British Association Meeting at Winnipeg three 
members of our Society were appointed officers of Section C — 
Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S. (President), Mr. W. Lower 
Carter (Recorder), and Dr. A. R. Dwerryhouse (Secretary). 
The important ofhce of President of our Society having 
become vacant by the death of Lord Ripon, the Council care- 
fully considered the policy to be adopted, and passed the follow- 
ing recommendation : — " That in tlie opinion of the Council 
in the future the President should be selected from among the 
members of the Society taking an active interest in its work, 
or not being a member should be a geologist of distinction 
connected by birth or his researches with Yorkshire. Further, 
ordinarily, that election to the office should be for one year, 
but that the President might be re-elected for a second year." 
The following places for General Meetings and Field Ex- 
cursions in 1910 were recommended : — 
Spring Meeting — Leeds. 
Easter — Cox wold or Gilling District. 
June or July — Belgium or the Criffel. 
September — Sunderland for the Permian Rocks. 
November — Leeds (Annual Meeting). 
