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JUBILEE MEETING. 
In the evening many of the members dined together at the 
Unicorn Hotel, the Marquis of Ripon presiding. Afterwards several 
toasts were proposed. 
The President gave that of " The Yorkshire Geological and 
Polytechnic Society," and in so doing said : it must fall to the lot of 
one of us to propose this toast. I think I speak the sentiments of 
all present when I say w^e have one and all derived many advantages 
and much pleasure from being members of tliis society, and I think 
I may be permitted to offer you very sincere congratulations upon 
our meeting to-day. We hear a good deal about epoch-making 
occasions. I cannot help hoping that this occasion, when we have 
been honoured by the President of the London Geological Society, 
may be an epoch-making occasion for us ; and while we may look 
back with reasonable and just satisfaction to the work the society 
has accomplished in the last fifty years, we may look forward with a 
well founded hope that the conduct of the society during the next half 
century will be as advantageous to the interests of science in 
Yorkshire as has been the previous work of the society. 
Prof. Green who was called upon to respond, said : It has been 
a matter of great regret to me that I have been able so little to be 
present at the meetings of this society; whenever I could be present 
I have endeavoured to be there. But circumstances have prevented 
me from giving much time for several years, and I have been obliged 
to content myself with hearing how well the society is prospering, 
and what useful work w^as being done. 
Prof. Miall gave the toast of " The London Geological Society." 
He said : The Yorkshire Geological Society, w^hose anniversary we 
have been celebrating to-day, may be regarded as a bride that has 
been receiving the congratulations of her friends. If the President 
of the London Geological Society is able to see a certain degree of 
merit in the performance of the Yorkshire Geological Society, so 
much more are Ave conscious of the greater merit in the London 
Society. I ask you, in drinking this toast, to couple with it the 
name of Professor Judd, 
Professor Judd: I have been trying to remember if I did not 
belong to this county. I have wanted to say "I too am a 
