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MINUTES. 
Meeting of the Council , Dec. 13th, 1882, at the Museum, Leeds. 
Present, R. Carter, Esq., in the chair, Messrs. Cheetham, Bedford, 
Tate, Sladen, Atkinson, Rowley, and Hon. Secretary. 
The Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Proposed by Mr. Atkinson, seconded by Mr. Cheetham, u That the 
following amounts be paid.” 
E. Wormald £112 0 
“ Pontefract Express ”076 
Proposed by Mr. Sladen, seconded by Mr. Tate, and carried, “ That 
the recommendation of the revision Committee that a series of 
Biographical Memoirs of eminent Yorkshire Geologists be printed 
in the proceedings, be adopted; and that the Memoir of John 
Phillips, by Mr. J. W. Davis be accepted for this year’s 
proceedings.” 
Proposed by Mr. Cheetham, seconded by Mr. Tate, and carried, “ That 
the next Meeting of the society be held at Leeds, in February, 
and that Messrs. Yine and Hudleston, and others, if available, 
read papers. 
General Meeting held in the Lecture Theatre, Museum, Leeds, 
Feby. 14th, 1883, Wm. Cheetham, Esq. occupied the chair. 
The Minutes of last General Meeting were read and confirmed. 
Proposed by Mr. McLandesborough, seconded by Mr. Davis, and 
carried, “ That Mr. A. E. Preston, C.E., F.G.S., The Exchange, 
Bradford, be a member of the Society.” 
Papers were read by W. H. Hudleston, F.G.S., &c., “ On the Physical 
Geology and Geography of Palestine and the adjacent 
countries.” 
Arnold Lupton, C.E., F.G.S., “On the Channel Tunnel; notes 
of a visit.” 
George R. Yine, “ Notes on the Carboniferous Polyzoa of West 
Yorkshire and Derbyshire (an attempt to identify Professor 
Phillips’ species).” 
Proposed by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Rowley, “That the next 
Meeting of the society be held at Ripon,” carried. 
Proposed by Mr. Tate, seconded by Mr. Lee, and carried, “That the 
thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman and authors of 
papers.” 
