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THE DOVER COALFIELD. 
Aug., 1890 . 
in open carriages to Cliarnwood Forest ; ( b ) Botanical, in 
open carriages to Cliarnwood Forest. 
Both parties will be under the guidance of members of the 
Leicester Society, thoroughly acquainted with the districts 
through which the parties will pass. A substantial meat tea 
will be provided at one of the Forest inns in the afternoon. 
There will be about twenty miles driving, and five miles 
walking (optional) in the course of each excursion. 
Cliarnwood Forest is a remarkable group of hills, chiefly 
of volcanic and igneous rocks, offering various problems to 
the geologist, and containing many quarries and many craggy 
ridges. The scenery is picturesque and wonderfully varied, 
and the botany rich and interesting. There are several 
monastic and other ruins in the district; among them is 
Bradgate, the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey. The parties will 
return to Leicester in time for the 7 3 train for Birmingham. 
Tickets for the entire meeting, inclusive of excursions, 
&c., 10s. 6d. each. No extras. Tickets for the first day only, 
including the conversazione, 4s. For the second day (excur¬ 
sion, &c.), 7s. 6d. 
The Leicester Society will receive as guests as many visi¬ 
tors as they can, and this hospitality will be allotted 
according to th« order in which applications for tickets are 
received. The number so allotted is necessarily limited, and 
for those who prefer it, or who cannot be so entertained, 
information concerning hotels and other lodgings may be had 
on application. 
For the information of those who prefer to stay at hotels 
during their visit, the following list of the principal family 
hotels in Leicester is given :—The Royal, Town Hall Square ; 
The Bell, Humberstone Gate ; The Granville, Welford Place ; 
The Wellington, Granby Street; and Cook’s Temperance 
Hotel, Granby Street. 
All who intend to visit Leicester will facilitate the arrange¬ 
ments, and help the local committee, by writing at once to 
the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Kineton Parkes, 61, Cavendish 
Road, Birmingham. 
THE DOVER COALFIELD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. 
BY THE REV. J. M. MELLO, M.A., F.G.S., ETC. 
The recent discovery of coal in the south-east of England 
suggests questions of great interest, whether looked at from a 
strictly geological or from a merely economical point of view. 
The extent of the new coal area, the amount of workable coal 
