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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. FEBRUARY 6TH, 189I. T. V. HODIE S, Esq., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. Messrs. W. J. Atkinson and H. L. Hogan were appointed Scrutineers of the ballot. The following Report of the Council for the year 1890 was then read : H E numerical strength of the Association on the 31st December last was as follows :Honorary Members . IS Ordinary Members (Compounded) . 140 Old Country Members (5s. Annual Subscription) 12 Other Members (lOS. Annual Subscription) 349
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Total . 516 During the year 26 new Members were elected. The Council regret that the Association lost four Members by death: John Gunn; William Barnard, Lord de Blaquiere ; Ernest SPOil; the Rev. David Honeyman (Hon . Member). The financial position of the Association is more satisfactory than it was at the close of the preceding year, the excess of receipts over expenditure having permitted of a substantial addition being made to the invested fund s, while the deficit then has been converted into a surplu s. More, however, than the amount saved during the yea r will be requ ired for the Novemb er number of the "Proceedings," which has not yet been printed. The total receipts were £60 mor e than the average during the previou s 20 years, and about four tim es as much as in the year 1870. The steady growth and increasing energy of the Association may be rendered even more evident by dividing the 20 years int o four period s of 5 years each, and showing the average receipts and expenditure in each period. The average annual receip ts from 1870 to 1874 were £138 ; from 1875 to 1879, £206 ; from 1880 to 1884, £216; and from 1885 to 1889, £266. The average annual expenditure durin g these respective periods was £120, £180, £176 and £251 ; the excess of receipts over expenditure having been invested. During. the six years of his term of office your Treasurer has received £1,600, being ab out £300 more than the amount received during the previou s six years from ordinary sources of income, and £30 more from life compositions, although the average number of Members of all classes on the list has only increased from 482 in 1879-84, to 508 in 1885-90. The invested funds have been increa sed to a rather greater extent than is equivalent to the increase in the number of life Members.
GEO LOG ISTS'
ASSO C IAT IO N.
Ln c o rn e and E x p e nd i tu r e for th e Y ear e n d i n q
D e c e ITlb er 3 1s t, 18 9 0 .
~ r.
C1i:r.
...
...
...
T o Life Compositions ... " Admission Fees .. . • •• . .. -. 0 ' 0' " Ann ual Subscri ptions (£ 179, less Subscrip tion ... .. . .. . .. . r eturne d, l OS ) .. . " Dividends on £ 74+ 8s. 6d. N ottingham Cor ... ... poration T hree per cent. St ock .., ... " Sale of P ublicati ons ." .. , " Ad vert isements
...
...
...
... ...
£ s. d. 47 5 0 12 10 0 178 10
0
2 I IS 6 6 2 7 o 10 0
By Balance due to Treasurer " Pr inting " Pr oceedings " " Monthly Circulars " lll ustratin g " Pr oceedi ngs" and Cir culars " Miscellaneous P rinting " Pos tag es .. . Addressing " Library ... " Atte nda nce, Gas, etc., at Evening Meet ings " Fi re In sur ance for 1891 .. . " Rooks and S tationery ... " Deed Box ... " Miscella neous Exp enses ... " Purchas e of £54 Ss, rod, N ott ingham Corporation Th ree per cent. Stock at 96!t I' Brok er's Comm ission .. . " Balance in Ba nk of England
£266 13
(S ig ned)
3 I I I 2
I I
6
0
15 0 17 6 0 5 12 6 7 3
52 13 6 0 1 6 15 18 0
£2 66 13
We have compare d th e above Account with the Voucher s a nd find it correct. Nottingha m Corporation S tock. T here are no ou tstanding liabilities. Ya nuary 16th, 189 1.
£ s. d. 6 0 0 95 8 9 16 I 0 7 2 9 I I 18 4 30 15 7 8 IS 0
We have elso veri fied th e I nvestment in
J OH N MO R R ISON, M.D., } C HA R LES JO HNSO N , F. C.A., A uditors. \Y. B. G IBBS, F.R A.S.,
0\
."
PROCEEDINGS.
In retiring from the office your Treasurer desires to impress upon the Members that by paying their subscriptions early in the year· they would greatly relieve his successor from the most irksome and the only unpleasant part of his duties, that of applying for their subscriptions; and not only so, but they would themselves derive advantage from the amount saved to the Association, as it would be spent for the benefit of all the Members. The expense incurred in applying for subscriptions is now greater than that of sending receipts, which ought not to be the case. It is some satisfaction, however, to be able to state that the amount received for annual subscriptions during the last six years has been within 5 per cent. of the maximum amount possible to be collected from the Members on the annual lists of the Association, or per cent., if the Members whose addresses are unknown within are not taken into account. During the year three numbers of your" Proceedings" were issued to Members, comprising 207 pages, with two plates and 54 other illustrations. Your editor regrets the delay in the appearance of the concluding number of vol. xi., with the index, and also the still further delay in the completion of the general index to the first decade. The Association is indebted to Mr. A. Smith Woodward and Mr. N. F. Robarts for the two plates, and to Mr. B. B. Woodward for an original wood-engraving of non-marine mollusca. The Association is also indebted to Mr. R. W. Cheadle for presenting a number of the early quarto circulars to help complete the set belonging to the Association. "The Record of Excursions," the publication of which was promised during the last session, has proved to be an onerous and difficult task, but your Council are pleased to announce that the bulk of the work is in type, 200 pages already being printed off. The volume may therefore be expected in the summer. The Library continues to receive the generous support of many societies and individuals. Your thanks are again due to Mr. E. Litchfield for his valuable and regular assistance to Mr. Bradford. The following is a list of the Papers read at the evening meetings : -
2t
"On the Fossil Fishes of the English Lower Oolites," by A SMITH WOODWARD. F.G.S. " A Short Account of the Excursion to the Volcanic Regions of Sonthern Italy," by H. J. JOHNSTON LAVIS, M.D., F.G.S. .• Notes on the Nature of the Geological Record," by T. V. HOLMES, F.G.S. "On the Pleistocene (non-marine) Mollusca of the London District," by B. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S. "Notes on some Pleistocene Sections, in and near London," by W. J. LEWIS ABBOTT, F.G.5. "Note on a Curious Appearance Produced by the Natural Bisection of some Spherical Concretions in a Yoredale Stone Quarry, near Leek," by WHEELTON HIND, M.D. "On the Manufacture of Serpentine in Nature's Laboratory," by MajorGeneral C. A. McMAHON, F.G.S.
PROCEEDINGS.
"On a New Species of Capulus," by Prof. G. S. BOULGER, F.L.S., F.G.S. "Note on the Occurrence of Arnberite (Retinite) or Fossil Gum, in a Seam of Coal at Kawa-Kawa Colliery, Bay of Islands, New Zealand," by T. P. MOODY. "On the Pebbly and Sandy Beds Overlying the Woolwich and Reading Series on and near the Addington Hills," by H. M. KLAASSEN, F.G.s. "On the Auriferous Series of Nova Scotia," by G. F. MONCKTON. "An Instance of Recent Erosion near Stirling," by H. W. MONCKTON, F.GS. "Notes on the Geology of the Long Excursion to the Mendip Hills," by the Rev. H. H. WINWOOD,M.A., F.G.S., and H. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S.
A conversazione was held on the 7th November. Your Council have been pleased to observe that the exhibition of objects of interest at the General Meetings has been more extensively carried out during the last year, and hope that in future this additional interest will be added to the meetings whenever possible. Subjoined is a list of Museums, Geological Collections, etc., visited during 1890 : British Museum (Natural History), on March zznd , when Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., gave an Exposition of the Recent Echinodermata. British Museum (Natural History), on April 12th, when Mr. F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., gave a sketch of the Geological History of the Crinoidea, and Mr. J. W. Gregory, F.G.S., a similar address on the Echinoidea. University Museum, Oxford, on May 26th, when Prof. A H. Green, M.A., F.R.S., conducted the members through the galleries. The Leek Museum, on April 6th. Mr. John Ward's collection of Fossil Fishes from the Coal Measures, on April 4th. Mr. John Phillis, of Shepton Mallet, on August 5th, exhibited to the members attending the Long Excursion his magnificent collection of local Fossils. The Glastonbury Museum, on August 7th, when Mr. Sly conducted the rrern bers through the galleries. The Street Museum, on August 7th, consisting of the collections of Mr. Alfred Gillett, who himself conducted the members through the paleeontological gallery. The collections of Mr. Herbert Balch, of Wells, on August 7th.
With regard to the excursions made by the Association during 1890, your Council desire to express their thanks to Dr. Wheelton Hind for his able arrangement of the Easter Excursion, and also to Mr. Thomas Leighton, who undertook, at a short notice, the onerous duty of Excursion Secretary, and whose energetic and successful efforts give every assurance that the excursions of coming seasons will be no less successful than those which have gone before. The following is a list of the places visited, detailed reports of which will be found in the November number of the "Proceedings " : To North Staffordshire. from April 3rd to 8th, (Easter), under the direction of Wheelton Hind, M.D., etc.; John Ward, F.G.S. ; T. Wardle, F.G.S. ; F. Barke, A. Smith Woodward. F.G.S. To Potter's Bar and Hatfield, on April rqth, in association with the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, under the direction of John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G S., and Upfield Green, F.G.S.
PROCEEDINGS).
To Crayford, on May 3rd, under the direction of F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S., and E. T. Newton, F.G.S. To Swanscombe, on May 17th, under the direction of F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. To Oxford, from May 24th to 27th (Whitsuntide), under the directiou of Prof. A. H. Green, M.A., F R.S. To Walton-on-Naze and Clacton-on-Sca, on June 7th and 8th, in association with the Essex Field Club, under the direction of W. Whitaker, F.R.s. To Aldershot and Brookwood, on lune 14th, under the direction of H. W. Monckton, F.G.S., and R S. Herries, F G.S. To Wokingham and Wellingtm College, on June 21st, under the direction of Rev. A. Irving, B.A, D.Sc., F.G.S. To Leith Hill and Dorking, on June 28th, under the direction of W. Topley, F.RS. To Arundel, on July r ath, under the direction of Clement Reid, F.L.S., F.G.S. To Shenley, on July rqth, in conjunction with the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, under the Direction of Upfield Green, F.G.S. To the Mendip Hills, from August 4th to 9th, under the direction of Rev. If. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S., H. B. Woodward, F.G.S., and Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, F.G.S.
The thanks of the Association are especially due to the following ladies and gentlemen for assistance and hospitality on these excursions :-Mr. P. L. Brocklehurst, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hewitt, the Agent to the Duke of Sutherland, Mr. Brough, the Directors and Secretary of the Astering I .irneworks Company, and Mrs. Akers, at Stoke-on-Trent; Mr. J. W. Eagle, at Walton; the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel; Mr. Wiicocks, Mr. Batey, Mr. J. Phillis, Mr. B::tlcb, Mr. Alfred Gillett, Mr. M'Murtrie, Mr. W. S. Hodgkinson, Mr. Frank Clark, Mr. S. T. Clothier, the General Officer commanding at Devonport, Mrs. Maurice and the Misses Horner, in the Mendips ; and Mr. H . J. Lubbock, of Newberries, whose generous kindness in opening up the section of Hertfordshire Conglomerate has been acknowledged by a special letter of thanks from the Council. Your thanks are also due to the Council of University College for the use of their rooms for the purposes of our meetings, and for according permission to hold the conversazione in the Library. Mr. T. V. Holmes, having completed his term of office, retires this year from the Chair. During his Presidency, Mr. Holmes has ably followed in the footsteps of his predecessors in upholding the position of the Association, and by his regular attendance at the excursions and meetings has largely contributed to their success. We are also indebted to him for not the least instructive of those useful collections of scientific facts which it has 50 often been the good fortune of this Association to listen to on the occasion of the Annual Meeting-his Presidential Address for 1890, " On the Nature of the Geological Record." Mr. John Hopkinson, your Treasurer, has tendered his resignation. Mr. Hopkinson has held the position since 1885, and has most carefully carried out the responsibilities of his office. The names of those gentleman suggested by the Council to fill the vacant offices will be found on the Ballotting Papers. 5
66
PROCEEDINGS.
On the motion of Dr. H enry Woodward, F.R.S., seconded by Mr . W. Whitaker, F.R.S., th e Report was ad opt ed as the Annual R eport of the Association. The scrutineers rep ort ed th at th e following were duly elected as Officers and Council for th e ens uing year :P HESlDE N T :
Rev. Prof. J . F. Blake, M.A., F.G .S. VfCE-P R ESID ENTS :
Rev. Prof. T. G. Bonn e)", LL.D., \ W. H. Hudle ston, M.A.., F.R.S . F.R.S. F. W Rudle r, F.G .S. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S. TRfASlI RE R :
W. B. Gibbs, F.R.A.S. S ECRETAR IE S :
C. Davies Sherborn, F.G .S., F.Z.S.
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Th omas Leighton, F.G.s.
E DITOR:
Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S. LI BRARfAN:
John Bradford , F.G .S. CO UNCIL :
Rev. Prof. J. F. Blake, M.A., F..G.S. Rev.P rof. T .G. Bonney, LL.D .,F .R .S. Prof. G. S. Boulger , F.L.S., F.G.S . John Bradford , F.G .S. James Fox. W. B. Gibbs, F.R.A.S. Upfield Green, F.G .S. J . Walter Gregory, F.G.S.• F.Z.S. T. V. H olmes, F.G.S. John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S. W. H. H udlest cn, M.A., F.R.S.
Th omas Leighton, F.G.S. Major-Gen. C. A. Mc;\Iahon, F.G.S. H . W. Monckton, F.G .S. Joh n Morrison, i\LD., F G.S. Miss C. A. Raisin, B.Sc . F . W. Rudl er, F.G.S. C. Davies Sherborn, F .G.S., F.Z.S. J. Slade, F .G.S. W. T opley, F. R.S. B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F. R. M.S. H . B. Woodward, F.G S .
On th e motion of Mr. H . B. Woodward , F .G.S., secon ded by Mr. A. Smith Wo od ward , F. G.S., F.Z.S., th e th anks of th e Association were unanimously vot ed to the Officers and Mem bers of Council retiring from office, to th e Auditors, and to th e Scrutineers. The Pre sident then delivered his address entitled "Further Notes on the Geolo gical Re cord. " On the motion of Mr. C , J. Alford, F.G.S., seconded by Mr. Henry Fleck, it was un animously resolved that th e Pr esident's Address should be printed in ex tenso. This terminated the Annual Meeting.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. FEBRUARY 6TH, 189I. T. V. HODIE S, Esq., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. Messrs. W. J. Atkinson and H. L. Hogan were appointed Scrutineers of the ballot. The following Report of the Council for the year 1890 was then read : H E numerical strength of the Association on the 31st December last was as follows :Honorary Members . IS Ordinary Members (Compounded) . 140 Old Country Members (5s. Annual Subscription) 12 Other Members (lOS. Annual Subscription) 349
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Total . 516 During the year 26 new Members were elected. The Council regret that the Association lost four Members by death: John Gunn; William Barnard, Lord de Blaquiere ; Ernest SPOil; the Rev. David Honeyman (Hon . Member). The financial position of the Association is more satisfactory than it was at the close of the preceding year, the excess of receipts over expenditure having permitted of a substantial addition being made to the invested fund s, while the deficit then has been converted into a surplu s. More, however, than the amount saved during the yea r will be requ ired for the Novemb er number of the "Proceedings," which has not yet been printed. The total receipts were £60 mor e than the average during the previou s 20 years, and about four tim es as much as in the year 1870. The steady growth and increasing energy of the Association may be rendered even more evident by dividing the 20 years int o four period s of 5 years each, and showing the average receipts and expenditure in each period. The average annual receip ts from 1870 to 1874 were £138 ; from 1875 to 1879, £206 ; from 1880 to 1884, £216; and from 1885 to 1889, £266. The average annual expenditure durin g these respective periods was £120, £180, £176 and £251 ; the excess of receipts over expenditure having been invested. During. the six years of his term of office your Treasurer has received £1,600, being ab out £300 more than the amount received during the previou s six years from ordinary sources of income, and £30 more from life compositions, although the average number of Members of all classes on the list has only increased from 482 in 1879-84, to 508 in 1885-90. The invested funds have been increa sed to a rather greater extent than is equivalent to the increase in the number of life Members.
GEO LOG ISTS'
ASSO C IAT IO N.
Ln c o rn e and E x p e nd i tu r e for th e Y ear e n d i n q
D e c e ITlb er 3 1s t, 18 9 0 .
~ r.
C1i:r.
...
...
...
T o Life Compositions ... " Admission Fees .. . • •• . .. -. 0 ' 0' " Ann ual Subscri ptions (£ 179, less Subscrip tion ... .. . .. . .. . r eturne d, l OS ) .. . " Dividends on £ 74+ 8s. 6d. N ottingham Cor ... ... poration T hree per cent. St ock .., ... " Sale of P ublicati ons ." .. , " Ad vert isements
...
...
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£ s. d. 47 5 0 12 10 0 178 10
0
2 I IS 6 6 2 7 o 10 0
By Balance due to Treasurer " Pr inting " Pr oceedings " " Monthly Circulars " lll ustratin g " Pr oceedi ngs" and Cir culars " Miscellaneous P rinting " Pos tag es .. . Addressing " Library ... " Atte nda nce, Gas, etc., at Evening Meet ings " Fi re In sur ance for 1891 .. . " Rooks and S tationery ... " Deed Box ... " Miscella neous Exp enses ... " Purchas e of £54 Ss, rod, N ott ingham Corporation Th ree per cent. Stock at 96!t I' Brok er's Comm ission .. . " Balance in Ba nk of England
£266 13
(S ig ned)
3 I I I 2
I I
6
0
15 0 17 6 0 5 12 6 7 3
52 13 6 0 1 6 15 18 0
£2 66 13
We have compare d th e above Account with the Voucher s a nd find it correct. Nottingha m Corporation S tock. T here are no ou tstanding liabilities. Ya nuary 16th, 189 1.
£ s. d. 6 0 0 95 8 9 16 I 0 7 2 9 I I 18 4 30 15 7 8 IS 0
We have elso veri fied th e I nvestment in
J OH N MO R R ISON, M.D., } C HA R LES JO HNSO N , F. C.A., A uditors. \Y. B. G IBBS, F.R A.S.,
0\
."
PROCEEDINGS.
In retiring from the office your Treasurer desires to impress upon the Members that by paying their subscriptions early in the year· they would greatly relieve his successor from the most irksome and the only unpleasant part of his duties, that of applying for their subscriptions; and not only so, but they would themselves derive advantage from the amount saved to the Association, as it would be spent for the benefit of all the Members. The expense incurred in applying for subscriptions is now greater than that of sending receipts, which ought not to be the case. It is some satisfaction, however, to be able to state that the amount received for annual subscriptions during the last six years has been within 5 per cent. of the maximum amount possible to be collected from the Members on the annual lists of the Association, or per cent., if the Members whose addresses are unknown within are not taken into account. During the year three numbers of your" Proceedings" were issued to Members, comprising 207 pages, with two plates and 54 other illustrations. Your editor regrets the delay in the appearance of the concluding number of vol. xi., with the index, and also the still further delay in the completion of the general index to the first decade. The Association is indebted to Mr. A. Smith Woodward and Mr. N. F. Robarts for the two plates, and to Mr. B. B. Woodward for an original wood-engraving of non-marine mollusca. The Association is also indebted to Mr. R. W. Cheadle for presenting a number of the early quarto circulars to help complete the set belonging to the Association. "The Record of Excursions," the publication of which was promised during the last session, has proved to be an onerous and difficult task, but your Council are pleased to announce that the bulk of the work is in type, 200 pages already being printed off. The volume may therefore be expected in the summer. The Library continues to receive the generous support of many societies and individuals. Your thanks are again due to Mr. E. Litchfield for his valuable and regular assistance to Mr. Bradford. The following is a list of the Papers read at the evening meetings : -
2t
"On the Fossil Fishes of the English Lower Oolites," by A SMITH WOODWARD. F.G.S. " A Short Account of the Excursion to the Volcanic Regions of Sonthern Italy," by H. J. JOHNSTON LAVIS, M.D., F.G.S. .• Notes on the Nature of the Geological Record," by T. V. HOLMES, F.G.S. "On the Pleistocene (non-marine) Mollusca of the London District," by B. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S. "Notes on some Pleistocene Sections, in and near London," by W. J. LEWIS ABBOTT, F.G.5. "Note on a Curious Appearance Produced by the Natural Bisection of some Spherical Concretions in a Yoredale Stone Quarry, near Leek," by WHEELTON HIND, M.D. "On the Manufacture of Serpentine in Nature's Laboratory," by MajorGeneral C. A. McMAHON, F.G.S.
PROCEEDINGS.
"On a New Species of Capulus," by Prof. G. S. BOULGER, F.L.S., F.G.S. "Note on the Occurrence of Arnberite (Retinite) or Fossil Gum, in a Seam of Coal at Kawa-Kawa Colliery, Bay of Islands, New Zealand," by T. P. MOODY. "On the Pebbly and Sandy Beds Overlying the Woolwich and Reading Series on and near the Addington Hills," by H. M. KLAASSEN, F.G.s. "On the Auriferous Series of Nova Scotia," by G. F. MONCKTON. "An Instance of Recent Erosion near Stirling," by H. W. MONCKTON, F.GS. "Notes on the Geology of the Long Excursion to the Mendip Hills," by the Rev. H. H. WINWOOD,M.A., F.G.S., and H. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S.
A conversazione was held on the 7th November. Your Council have been pleased to observe that the exhibition of objects of interest at the General Meetings has been more extensively carried out during the last year, and hope that in future this additional interest will be added to the meetings whenever possible. Subjoined is a list of Museums, Geological Collections, etc., visited during 1890 : British Museum (Natural History), on March zznd , when Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., gave an Exposition of the Recent Echinodermata. British Museum (Natural History), on April 12th, when Mr. F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., gave a sketch of the Geological History of the Crinoidea, and Mr. J. W. Gregory, F.G.S., a similar address on the Echinoidea. University Museum, Oxford, on May 26th, when Prof. A H. Green, M.A., F.R.S., conducted the members through the galleries. The Leek Museum, on April 6th. Mr. John Ward's collection of Fossil Fishes from the Coal Measures, on April 4th. Mr. John Phillis, of Shepton Mallet, on August 5th, exhibited to the members attending the Long Excursion his magnificent collection of local Fossils. The Glastonbury Museum, on August 7th, when Mr. Sly conducted the rrern bers through the galleries. The Street Museum, on August 7th, consisting of the collections of Mr. Alfred Gillett, who himself conducted the members through the paleeontological gallery. The collections of Mr. Herbert Balch, of Wells, on August 7th.
With regard to the excursions made by the Association during 1890, your Council desire to express their thanks to Dr. Wheelton Hind for his able arrangement of the Easter Excursion, and also to Mr. Thomas Leighton, who undertook, at a short notice, the onerous duty of Excursion Secretary, and whose energetic and successful efforts give every assurance that the excursions of coming seasons will be no less successful than those which have gone before. The following is a list of the places visited, detailed reports of which will be found in the November number of the "Proceedings " : To North Staffordshire. from April 3rd to 8th, (Easter), under the direction of Wheelton Hind, M.D., etc.; John Ward, F.G.S. ; T. Wardle, F.G.S. ; F. Barke, A. Smith Woodward. F.G.S. To Potter's Bar and Hatfield, on April rqth, in association with the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, under the direction of John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G S., and Upfield Green, F.G.S.
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To Crayford, on May 3rd, under the direction of F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S., and E. T. Newton, F.G.S. To Swanscombe, on May 17th, under the direction of F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. To Oxford, from May 24th to 27th (Whitsuntide), under the directiou of Prof. A. H. Green, M.A., F R.S. To Walton-on-Naze and Clacton-on-Sca, on June 7th and 8th, in association with the Essex Field Club, under the direction of W. Whitaker, F.R.s. To Aldershot and Brookwood, on lune 14th, under the direction of H. W. Monckton, F.G.S., and R S. Herries, F G.S. To Wokingham and Wellingtm College, on June 21st, under the direction of Rev. A. Irving, B.A, D.Sc., F.G.S. To Leith Hill and Dorking, on June 28th, under the direction of W. Topley, F.RS. To Arundel, on July r ath, under the direction of Clement Reid, F.L.S., F.G.S. To Shenley, on July rqth, in conjunction with the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, under the Direction of Upfield Green, F.G.S. To the Mendip Hills, from August 4th to 9th, under the direction of Rev. If. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S., H. B. Woodward, F.G.S., and Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, F.G.S.
The thanks of the Association are especially due to the following ladies and gentlemen for assistance and hospitality on these excursions :-Mr. P. L. Brocklehurst, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hewitt, the Agent to the Duke of Sutherland, Mr. Brough, the Directors and Secretary of the Astering I .irneworks Company, and Mrs. Akers, at Stoke-on-Trent; Mr. J. W. Eagle, at Walton; the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel; Mr. Wiicocks, Mr. Batey, Mr. J. Phillis, Mr. B::tlcb, Mr. Alfred Gillett, Mr. M'Murtrie, Mr. W. S. Hodgkinson, Mr. Frank Clark, Mr. S. T. Clothier, the General Officer commanding at Devonport, Mrs. Maurice and the Misses Horner, in the Mendips ; and Mr. H . J. Lubbock, of Newberries, whose generous kindness in opening up the section of Hertfordshire Conglomerate has been acknowledged by a special letter of thanks from the Council. Your thanks are also due to the Council of University College for the use of their rooms for the purposes of our meetings, and for according permission to hold the conversazione in the Library. Mr. T. V. Holmes, having completed his term of office, retires this year from the Chair. During his Presidency, Mr. Holmes has ably followed in the footsteps of his predecessors in upholding the position of the Association, and by his regular attendance at the excursions and meetings has largely contributed to their success. We are also indebted to him for not the least instructive of those useful collections of scientific facts which it has 50 often been the good fortune of this Association to listen to on the occasion of the Annual Meeting-his Presidential Address for 1890, " On the Nature of the Geological Record." Mr. John Hopkinson, your Treasurer, has tendered his resignation. Mr. Hopkinson has held the position since 1885, and has most carefully carried out the responsibilities of his office. The names of those gentleman suggested by the Council to fill the vacant offices will be found on the Ballotting Papers. 5
66
PROCEEDINGS.
On the motion of Dr. H enry Woodward, F.R.S., seconded by Mr . W. Whitaker, F.R.S., th e Report was ad opt ed as the Annual R eport of the Association. The scrutineers rep ort ed th at th e following were duly elected as Officers and Council for th e ens uing year :P HESlDE N T :
Rev. Prof. J . F. Blake, M.A., F.G .S. VfCE-P R ESID ENTS :
Rev. Prof. T. G. Bonn e)", LL.D., \ W. H. Hudle ston, M.A.., F.R.S . F.R.S. F. W Rudle r, F.G .S. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S. TRfASlI RE R :
W. B. Gibbs, F.R.A.S. S ECRETAR IE S :
C. Davies Sherborn, F.G .S., F.Z.S.
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Th omas Leighton, F.G.s.
E DITOR:
Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S. LI BRARfAN:
John Bradford , F.G .S. CO UNCIL :
Rev. Prof. J. F. Blake, M.A., F..G.S. Rev.P rof. T .G. Bonney, LL.D .,F .R .S. Prof. G. S. Boulger , F.L.S., F.G.S . John Bradford , F.G .S. James Fox. W. B. Gibbs, F.R.A.S. Upfield Green, F.G .S. J . Walter Gregory, F.G.S.• F.Z.S. T. V. H olmes, F.G.S. John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S. W. H. H udlest cn, M.A., F.R.S.
Th omas Leighton, F.G.S. Major-Gen. C. A. Mc;\Iahon, F.G.S. H . W. Monckton, F.G .S. Joh n Morrison, i\LD., F G.S. Miss C. A. Raisin, B.Sc . F . W. Rudl er, F.G.S. C. Davies Sherborn, F .G.S., F.Z.S. J. Slade, F .G.S. W. T opley, F. R.S. B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F. R. M.S. H . B. Woodward, F.G S .
On th e motion of Mr. H . B. Woodward , F .G.S., secon ded by Mr. A. Smith Wo od ward , F. G.S., F.Z.S., th e th anks of th e Association were unanimously vot ed to the Officers and Mem bers of Council retiring from office, to th e Auditors, and to th e Scrutineers. The Pre sident then delivered his address entitled "Further Notes on the Geolo gical Re cord. " On the motion of Mr. C , J. Alford, F.G.S., seconded by Mr. Henry Fleck, it was un animously resolved that th e Pr esident's Address should be printed in ex tenso. This terminated the Annual Meeting.