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short of food as to be compelled to eat leather. On the coast they also discovered 
several points affording good accommodation for vessels, and through which a 
beneficial intercourse might be carried on with the interior. Near the mouth of 
the Orange River they discovered large quantities of copper ore, a sample of which 
had been analyzed by Sir John Herschell at the Cape, and found to contain 75 
per cent, of copper, which was also easily accessible, and might either be smelted 
with Orange River Wood, or carried up the river on rafts.— Atlas. 
SHEFFIELD LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
Early in January the members of this Society held their annual meeting in 
the Music Hall, when the report was read and adopted. Besides the ordinary 
vote of thanks passed to the officers, gratuitous lecturers, and donors of the 
Society, an especial and warm vote of thanks was passed to the family of the 
late Hall Overend, Esq., for the munificent donation of his museum. A letter 
was read from Mrs. Margaret Stovin, presenting to the Society some botanical 
specimens, and offering others, as well as several rare and curious scientific books. 
On the motion of Mr. Gainsford, it was unanimously agreed that the Council of 
each year should be empowered to provide lectures for the first four months of the 
ensuing year. Dr. Favell was elected President for the ensuing year. Vice- 
Presidents—Rev.J. Blackburn, Dr. Knight,Wilson Overend, Esq.; Secretaries 
—Rev. W. R. Smith, Mr. Boultbee ; Curator—Mr. William Jackson; Trea¬ 
surer— Offley Shore, Esq.; Council—T. A. Ward, T. R. Barker, William 
Lucas, John Ward, R. J. G-ainsford, Henry Jackson, Rev. H. Farish, Rev. 
H. H. Piper, Dr. Holland, J. H. Abraham, and T. Greaves. 
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE WEST-RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 
We have received a prospectus setting forth the rules proposed to be enforced 
by the Society recently established under the above title. We place the docu¬ 
ment before our readers without alteration or comment. 
I. That a Society be formed for collecting and methodising geological and 
mathematical information in connection with the Coal-field of Yorkshire; and 
that it be called “ The Geological Society of the West-Riding of Yorkshire.” 
II. That the Members of the original Committee, and the gentlemen now pre¬ 
sent, together with all who may apply to the Secretary before the next meeting, 
be Members of the Society on their conforming to the rules. 
III. That any person who is desirous of becoming a Member after the next 
meeting, must be proposed by a Member, in writing, to the Secretary, and bal¬ 
loted for at the ensuing general meeting. 
IV. That the annual subscription be half-a-guinea, and that it be due on 
admission, and at the annual meeting. 
