secretary's report. 
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Pass of Stainmoor. Here sections in the glacial deposits were 
examined, and were found to contain rocks from the Lake 
District, the Eden Valley, and the South-west of Scotland, 
together with much material of local origin. After examining 
these sections the members examined a number of glacial over- 
flow channels in the neighbourhood of Wemmergill Hall, and 
returned on foot to Middle ton. 
The Council regard with much satisfaction the completion 
and publication of the Underground Waters Report, which 
was issued to the members in Vol. XV., part 2, of the Proceed- 
ings. A special fund was privately raised to meet the heavy 
expenses of the maps, plans, and photographs for its illustra- 
tion, and the sum of £58 14s. 6d. was subscribed, which enabled 
them to adequately fulfil this task without intrenching upon 
the ordinary income of the Association. 
The Council regret the resignation of Mr. Robert Reach, 
for many years Local Secretary for Harrogate, on account of 
his removal to the South of England. For the vacant Local 
Secretaryships at Huddersfield and Middlesbrough the Council 
nominate Messrs. Alfred Sykes and W. Y. Veitch, F.G.S. 
The loan of £350 to the Halifax Corporation at 3J per cent. 
feU due for repayment in the spring. An offer to renew the 
loan for another five years on the same terms was accepted by 
the Council. 
The question of the title of the Society has been under 
the careful consideration of the Council. It has been repre- 
sented by members from time to time that the words " and 
Polytechnic " are antiquated and refer to bygone times when 
the work of the Society, in addition to Geology dealt largely 
with Mining, Metallurgy, Archaeology, and Agricultural Improve- 
ment. The formation of separate societies for the consideration 
of these allied subjects has left the Society to its proper function 
of deahng with Geological Science in its various branches. The 
Council feel that the time has now come when this change should 
be recognised by a corresponding alteration in the title of the 
Society, and have given the necessary notice to place a resolution 
before the members at the present Annual General Meeting 
