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secretaries' report. 
The Spring General Meeting was held in the Geological 
Department of the Leeds University on February 20th, under 
the presidency of Mr. C. W. Fennell, when papers were read by 
Mr. H. Culpin on " Marine and other Fossils in the Yorkshire 
Coal Measures above the Barnsley Seam " ; by Dr. A. R. Dwerry- 
house on "A Junction of the Millstone Grit and Lower Coal 
Measures at Horsforth " ; and by Mr. Albert Wilmore on " The 
Dark Limestones of tlie Craven Lowlands." The same morning 
a Field Excursion was taken to see the interesting section at 
Horsforth described in Dr. Dwerryhouse's paper. 
A very cordial invitation was received from the Liverpool 
Geological Society to unite with them in a Field Excursion to 
the Berwyns at Easter. This was accepted, and a large and 
vigorous party met at Oswestry and enjoyed several days' interest- 
ing field work under the leadership of Mr. J. Lomas, F.G.S. 
An address was delivered by Dr. Wheelton Hind on " The 
Carboniferous Limestone of North Wales," and Mr. Lomas gave 
a lucid account of the geology of the district visited. At that 
meeting the following resolution was adopted : — 
" That this Society sincerely regrets the great loss to geology 
and the allied sciences caused by the death of Dr. H. Clifton 
Sorby, F.R.S., and desires to place on record its sense of the 
incalculable services which have been rendered to the advance 
of scientific knowledge by his indefatigable researches, pursued 
with unremitting vigour until ^vithin a few days of his death. 
The Society also deplores the loss of one who has been for 57 
years one of its members, and whose genial and inspiring friend- 
ship has been a stimulus and an inspiration to his fellow-members, 
and recalls witli satisfaction that many of his earlier geological 
papers were read at its meetings and published in its Proceedings." 
The Summer General Meeting and Field Excursion was held 
at Richmond, June 19th to 22nd, under the chairmanship of 
Mr. J. J. Burton, and with the valued co-operation of Mr. Wm. 
Horne, F.G.S. , as leader. Careful attention was directed to 
the Carboniferous rocks below the Millstone Grit, and the evidence 
for glacial action and river diversion was noted. At the meeting 
a discussion was held on " The Upper Limit of the Lower Carbon- 
iferous Rocks." 
