MIDLAND UNION MEETING. 
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No. 3 Section .—For “ Hastings and Grey Shafts,” read 
“ Newfield Shafts.” (See No. 4 Section.) 
No. 5 Section .—The following beds of coal have been 
omitted :— 
At 23ft. 4in. from the surface a coal 2ft. 2in. thick. 
At 78ft. 2in. ,, ,, 1ft. Sin. ,, 
At 120ft. Oin. ,, ,, 1ft. lin. 
At 125ft. 6in. ,, ,, ,, 5in. 
At 167ft. Gin. ,, ,, ,, 5in. 
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5 5 
5 y 
As these five coal-beds were sunk through in the year 1821, 
they must have been either overlooked or accidentally left 
out when the Survey sheet was compiled. 
No. 6 coal-seam of this (No. 5) Section is incorrectly given. 
The two uppermost beds bracketted under “over” should have 
been left out, the actual thickness of the seam of “maincoal” 
being 12ft. 3in., not 14ft. 2in. as given.* 
Nos. 6, 8, and 13 Sections .—The coal-seams named “Slate,” 
“ Woodfield,” “ Stockings,” and “ Eureka ” should have been 
numbered 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively in descending order. 
No. 9 Section .—For “ Mr. Healy,” read “ Mr. Eley.” 
W. S. Gresley, F.G.S. 
MIDLAND UNION OF MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL 
HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
At a Meeting of the Management Committee of the Union, 
held on Nov. lltli, it was resolved to accept the joint 
invitation of the Caradoc Field Club, the Oswestry and 
Welshpool Field Club, and the Shropshire Archaeological 
Society, for ilie Meeting of the Union in Shrewsbury, in 
1886. A central Executive Committee and Local Secretaries 
(the Revds. 0. M. Fielden, of Oswestry, and T. Auden, of 
Shrewsbury) have already been appointed, and the Meeting 
in such an interesting town, with such a grand field for 
excursions, can hardly fail to be specially enjoyable. The 
exact date of the Meeting cannot be fixed at present. 
It was also resolved that an attempt should be made so 
to modify the arrangements for the necessary business of the 
General Meeting as to make room for a few short papers on 
* The above particulars in reference to No. 5 Section are from the 
original account of the strata sunk through in the year 1821. 
