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secretary has just read, be printed and circulated amongst the gentle- 
men of the Riding." 
In pursuance of the above resolution I have the honour of for- 
warding to you a copy of the proposals for a subscription, with a list 
of the noblemen and geutlemen who have already consented to 
become officers of the Society ; and I also enclose a "Statement of 
the objects of the Society," from which you will perceive that they 
are such as to entitle it to the support of the great landed and com- 
mercial interests of the Riding. I have further to request you will 
be pleased, at your earliest convenience, to signify your intentions to 
the Secretary, Banks, near Barnsley. 
I have the honour to be, your obedient humble servant, 
C. J. Brandling, Chairman. 
PROPOSALS FOR A SUBSCRIPTION TO ERECT A MUSEUM FOR THE GEO- 
LOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 
To investigate the geology of the Yorkshire Coal Fields is one 
of the first objects which the Society proposed to accomplish ; but 
before it can ascertain the number of seams of Coal and Ironstone 
which the district contains, and trace and identify at least each 
workable seam throughout the whole of its ranges, it will be neces- 
sary to collect an immense number of plans, sections, and minute 
details. At the same time a complete and classified collection of 
the Fossils of the Coal-field, arranged according to the strata in 
which they are found, will be required ; and this part of its duties 
has been already urged on the council by its noble President, and 
by Professors Buckland and Phillips. That the Society would 
soon be presented with a very extensive and valuable collection of 
these Fossils, and of numerous materials for a Geological Map of 
the district, if it were only in possession of suitable apartments, 
there cannot be a doubt, when we consider how many of its members 
are engaged in the practical operations of mining. 
It is highly desirable that the Society should possess a spacious 
Museum, a Library, and Lecture Room for its public meetings, with 
apartments for the person who may have the immediate care of its 
collections. From the promises of support which the Society has 
