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secretary's report, 1906. 
The issue of the Proceedings, Vol. XVI., part I., was dis- 
cussed, and after careful consideration it was resolved that the 
Records of Council Meetings should be omitted in future, but 
that important matters occurring therein should be incorporated 
in the Secretary's Report. 
The party then crossed the Mersey and went by electric 
tram to Prenton, whence they walked to the Storeton quarries 
to view the remarkable slabs covered with footprints of extinct 
animals. Mr. H. C. Beasley, of Liverpool, described the foot- 
prints, which were probably left by animals coming down to a 
pool of water, and preserved by drifting sand which had filled up 
the hollows. The original footprints in the marl soon weathered 
away, but their sand-casts were hard and permanent. A descent 
was made into the quarry, where Mr. J. Lomas, F.G.S., described 
the structure of the Keuper of this area and the interesting 
faults revealed by the quarrying operations. A hearty vote 
of thanks was passed to the leaders and the owners of the quarry. 
The fourth General Meeting and Field Excursion were held, 
from September 20th to 24th, in Matlock and district, under 
the leadership of Mr. H. H. Arnold-Bemrose, M.A., F.G.S., of 
Derby. The party had the advantage of taking up their quarters 
at Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, where all arrange- 
ments for their comfort were made by Mr. Alfred Sykes, J.P., 
the Managing Director, who presided. 
After dinner on Thursday, April 20th, Mr. Godfrey Bingley 
gave an exhibition of lantern slides of geological interest, em- 
bracing views from the Yorkshire Coast, Helmsley, Nidderdale, 
Cheddar Cliffs, and Norway, which was much appreciated. 
On Friday morning, September 21st, the train to Miller's 
Dale was taken. Outside the railway station the leader described 
the chief features of the landscape and then conducted the party 
to see the upper lava, which is composed of a vesicular and 
amygdaloidal dolerite, about 100 feet in thickness, decomposing 
into spheroidal masses. This " toadstone " is covered by thick 
limestones, Avhich in their tarn are overlaid by several hundreds 
of feet of thin limestones v/ith bands of chert. Following the 
Wye down stream the party came to a second bed of Java, about 
