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PROCEEDINGS 1841 — 1848. 
includes the townsliip of Mirfieli ; and one by Mr. T. W. Hall, com- 
prising the townships of Bretton West, Crigglestone, Wortley, Nutton, 
Royston, Shafton, Brierley, and Great Houghton, extending over a 
distance of upwards of nine miles, and exhibiting a noble instance of 
the devotion of individual exertion to the advancement of scientific 
knowledge. The other gentlemen who had so liberally undertaken 
to perform the remaiiung portions were earnestly desired to complete 
them before the lapse of another summer. A resident curator had 
been appointed, at a salary of £50 a 3^ear, to take charge of the 
museum at Wakefield ; but the Council found after a year's experience 
that the additional expense provided no corresponding benefit, they 
had, therefore, instituted an enquiry as to the possibility of placing 
the collection under the charge of some West Riding Philosophical 
Society, with the expectation that if a satisfactory arrangement of 
this nature could be made, the occasional services of scientists would 
afford the aid required for classification, and also allow an increased 
expenditure in collecting specimens. The British Association for the 
Advancement of Science had determined to hold its next meeting in 
Yorkshire, in the autumn of 1844, and it was hoped that the members 
of this Society would do all in their power to render that meeting a 
success. The subscriptions collected during this year amounted to 
£109 Os. 6d., and after paying the expenses there was a balance due 
to the treasurer of £2 14s. Id. Mr. Clay was re-elected honorary 
secretary and treasurer ; Messrs. Embleton and Holt curators. 
At the following meeting on the 6th of December, Mr. Briggs 
exhibited and explained that portion of the line of section which had 
been placed in his charge, comprehending the township of Thornhill 
and the hamlet of Netherton ; and Mr. Henry Holt also placed his 
portion of the section, including the townships of Clifton and Harts- 
head, on the table. The thanks of the Society were given to Mr. 
Ingham, for a collection of coal measure Fossil Plants ; to Mr. W. Beau, 
of Scarborough, for a collection of Oolitic Fossils ; and to Mr. Simpson, 
for the remains of an Ichthyosaurus and other Liassic Fossils. At 
the annual meeting held in 1844 at Wakefield, Mr. Clay presented 
a report for the past year. The Society had had three meetings 
during the year, the fourth having been given up to afford the members 
