ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

FRID..\Y, FEBRUARY 3RD, 191T.

WILLIAM HILL, F.G.S., President, in the Chair.

Messrs. F. Janchen and R. W. Pocock were appointedScrutineers, and the ballot for Council declared open.

The following Report of the Council for the year 1910was read:

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.

T HE numerical strength of the Association on December 31st.1910, was as follows:

Honorary Members 19Ordinary Mem bers-

a. Life Members (Compounded) . 169b. Country Member (Annual Subscriber, 5s.) I

c. Members (Annual Subscribers, lOS.) 516

Total 705

During the year fiftycseven new members have been elected.For the past five years the membership of the Association hasbeen growing at a rapid rate, and the above figures show anincrease of twenty compared with those of the previous year.In the Annual Report for 1906 attention was called to the factthat the membership had then, for the first time in our history,reached to over 600; whereas now, only four years later, it hasattained to over 700. It may be interesting to note that the ladymembers number 72, just 10 per cent. of the whole, while thecordial relations between the Association and the GeologicalSociety are indicated by the fact that of its 633 male membersno less than 239, or 38 per cent., are also members of the latterbody.

The death-roll of the year is comparatively light, but itcontains some well-known names. The following is the list:­R. Elliott, E. Harris, C. W. Hovenden, H. M. Klaassen, P. H.Levi, C. Fox-Strangways, and the Rev. G. F. Whidborne.

Robert Elliott, of Camberwell Road, S.E., who joined ourAssociation in 1896, died on the 21st October, after but a shortillness, at the age of 70. He was a most enthusiastic collector ofFlint Implements, Pleistocene Mammalia, Antique Pottery, andmany other things. It was, however, the series of flint im­plements which most attracted the attention of geologists. Someof these have been, from time to time, exhibited at the

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Association's soirees, but the entire collection is a very large andvaried one, from all parts of England. It was while searchingfor .1 chipped flint" that Mr. Elliott, some years ago, obtainedthe human skeleton from Galley Hill, Northfleet, now in thepossession of Dr. Frank Corner, which recently has been againunder discussion by anthropologists.

Hendericus M. Klaassen was born in Hanover, but spent the'greater part of his life in England. He joined the Association in1875, and served on the Council in 1886-7. He was particularlyinterested in the Lower London Tertiaries, and contributed twoimportant papers to the PROCEEDINGS of the Association dealingwith those beds as seen in the railway sections exposed at ParkHill in the neighbourhood of Croydon. In these deposits hediscovered the rare mammal, Coryophydoll, and a gigantic bird,subsequently named after him by Mr. E. T. Newton, Gastorllisklaasselli, thus adding considerably to our knowledge of thesegroups. He died at Croydon at the ripe age of 82 years.

Charles Fox-Strangways was one of those modest andunassuming men of science whose retiring disposition causes themto be known personally to a comparatively small circle. In hisyouth he went to Germany to study Mineralogy, but, on his return,finding field work more attractive, he obtained an appointmenton the Geological Survey in 1867. He retired in 1904, butcontinued to do work for the Survey, and was so engaged at thetime of his death from heart failure in March last. His chiefwork was the mapping and description of the Jurassic Rocks ofYorkshire, and, in addition to several smaller memoirs, he wasresponsible for the first two volumes of "The Jurassic Rocks ofEngland." He also mapped a considerable area in the Midlands,including Charnwood and the Leicester and Derby Coalfields,and on the last two he compiled a special memoir. He joinedthe Association in 1902.

The Rev. G. F. Whidborne was elected a member of theAssociation in 1894. In connection with the Long Excursion toNorth Devon in 1896 he wrote a paper on the Fauna of thePickwell Down, Baggy and Pilt.en Beds, but is best known by hisMonograph on the " Devonian Fauna of the South of England,"published by the Paheontographical Society, which, unfortunately,was not completed at the time of his death. He had for someyears ceased to hold any benefice, but his loss will be much feltby various religious organisations, to which he was a generousdonor. He died on February 14th, aged 64 years.

The FINANCIAL POSITION of the Association continues to behighly satisfactory. The total income from annual subscriptions,entrance fees, and life compositions, which last year showed anincrease of £10, this year shows a further increase of '£35.The expenditure for the year has been very large, owing to thefact that it includes the cost of completing the Jubilee Volume.

Income and Expenditure for the Year ending Dec. 31st, 1910.

* This was expended in <909. See P,·oc. Geol. Assoc.,vol. xxi, p. 441.

G E 0 LOG 1ST S'~r.

To Balance from 1909" Life Compositions" Admission Fees" Annual Subscriptionstt Dividends on Nottingham Corporation Stock ...

Sale of Ordinary Publications ...tt Sale of "Geology in the Field"" Grant from Royal Society towards cost of

Illustrating Mr. Wills Papcr* ..•" Special" Illustrations Fund" Subscriptions ..." Loan on Account of Expenses in Connection

with the Jubilee Volume ...

£ $. d.154 16 259 10 °29 0 0

246 II 0

34 7 824 10' 643 14 5

25 14 074 0 3

100 0 0

ASSOCIATION.

By Printing PROCEEDINGS •••" " Monthly Circulars" " List of Members" " Jubilee Volume .." Miscellaneous Printing ." Illustrating PROCEEDINGS and Circulars" " Jubilee Volume" Addressing ... ..." Hire of Rooms, Attendance, Lighting, Lantern,

etc., at evening meetings... ... ...II Excursions ." Stationery ... ... . .." Postage, Telegrams and Messages" Miscellaneous Expenses .•." Fire Insurance ... ..." Balance at Bank of England, Dec. 31st, 1910

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Stock.R. E. BARTLETT} .A. H. WILLIAMS AudItors.January 13th, I9II.

There is a liability of £100 on account of loan in connection with the Jubilee Volume.We ha\'e compared the above account with the vouchers, and find it correct.We have also verified the investment of £1,217 2S. 6d. Nottingham Corporation

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To meet this extra expense it had been originally inteuded to sell£ zoo of our invested stock, but the state of the market beingsuch that this could only be done at a loss, the Council decidedto accept a loan from certain of its members, to be repaid, withinterest at 3 per cent., as soon as the funds of the Associationmay permit. Several members of the Council expressed theirwillingness to co-operate in this plan, and the loan of £100, towhich attention is drawn in the balance sheet, was arranged, the.amounts borrowed being as follow:-from Professor 'Watts, £50;from Mr. George Barrow, £z5 ; and from Dr. J. W. Evans, £z5.

The very satisf.r.ctory sales of the Jubilee Volume up to thepresent time encourage the view that it will not only beunnecessary to raise more money for this purpose, but that it willbe possible to extinguish this loan within a reasonl'.ble time.':'

Special attention is drawn to the new ILLUSTRATIONS FUND,which has arisen out of a 5uggestion made by Professor Watts inhis Presidential Address last year. t To this fund a generousresponse has been made, and cordial thanks are due to thecontributing members. The following are the details of thereceipts for this fund during 1910 :-Prof. Watts, £2 35. lod.;Mr. H. H. Fawcett, £z5; Coal Search Committee, £12 9s. lid.;Dr. Tempest Anderson, £5; Rev. T. T. Griffith, Rev. E. S.Dewick, Mr. W. Hill, Mr. H. A. Hinton, each £z zs.; Mr.F. W. Penny, £z IS.; Mr. G. Barrow, £z; Mr. F. W. Rudler,Col. G. L. Tupman, Dr. F. W. Bennett, Miss M. S. Johnston,Prof. Bonney, Mr. B. Corcoran, Prof. T. McKenny Hughes,,e1ch £1 IS.; Mr. H. G. Erith, Dr. J. Foulerton, the Rt. Hon.Sir James Stirling, each £1; Dr. J. W. Evans, lOS. 6d.; Messrs.W. M. Newton, A. Farrar, H. Dewey, W. Wright, Mrs. G. B.Longstaffe, Dr. A. P. Young, J. Newton, H. Newton, W. P. D.Stebbing, each lOS.; Messrs. H. M. Krusin, H. Kidner, P.Dollman, W. J. Atkinson, Mark Wilks, Rev. C. T. Pratt, each 5s.,making a total amount of £74 os. 3d. A committee has been.appointed to advise as to the administration of this fund. It ishoped that promises of annual support, as well as occasional-contributions, will be augmented to the extent necessary to fulfilProf. Watts's hope that at least £50 a year will be available forextra illustrations for our PROCEEDINGS. As the fund was onlypartially in working order last year, its full effect has not yetbeen able to be realised. Your thanks are due to all the-contributors to this fund, and also to the Royal Society for thegrant of £z5 qs. for defraying the cost of illustrating thepaper on the Lower Keuper Beds of Worcestershire, by Mr.L. J. Wills, published in 1909.

* The actual receipts rom the sale of 'I Geology in the Field," up to December 3 r I

amount to £172 128. 6d., which does not include Messrs. Stanford"s sales for 1910,.amounting to £49 35. 8d. The total expenditure up to date has been £54.) 18s. 5d.,the only remaining li lbility (since paid) being a share of the cost of illustrating Mr.Harmer's paper, the author having generously offered to pay the remainder.

t See Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, p. 424.

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The PROCEEDINGS published during the year 1910 completeVolume XXI. They consist of five parts of 287 pages, with 29­plates and 23 figures in the text, and a sixth part which containsthe classified index to the contents of the first 20 volumes of thePROCEEDINGS, compiled by Messrs. G. W. Young and W. Wright.It is hoped that the latter will prove, in conjunction withProf. Watts' Presidential Address of the year, of considerableuse to member.> in making known, and of easier reference,the valuable series of papers contained in the PROCEEDINGS, aseries of which any Scientific Society might well be proud.Your thanks are due to the various authors for their contributions,and to Messrs. G. W. Young and W. Wright for the great care andtrouble taken in the composition of the index. In connection withthe illustrations, your thanks are due to Mr. J. G. Hamling forpermission to reproduce his map of North Devon; to Mr.Inkermann Rogers for the loan of the blocks used for Plate XXXIIand Fig. 35 ; to the Geological Society and Messrs. Greaves andSons for permission to reproduce illustrations; to Mr. Moncktonfor the loan of the blocks used for Plate XXXVIII; and to thefollowing for permission to reproduce photographs: Mrs.Coomaraswamy, Mr. P. Dollman, .Miss Hamling, Mr. C. W.Johnson, of Louth, Mr. E. C. Martin, Mr. T. W. Reader, andMr. L. J. Wills. The Geological Map of North Devon and thephotographs on Plates XXXIV to XXXVII inclusive have beenreproduced out of the new Illustrations Fund above referred to.

The JUBILEE VOLUME of the Association, "Geology in theField," was completed in the year 1910, Part 2 being issued inJanuary, Part 3 in May, and Part 4 in June, and a final part,containing the title page, introduction, tables of contents, andindex, was issued in October. The book contains 34 chapters,and is illustrated by 32 plates and 138 figures in the text. It isthe work of 29 contributors, to all of whom the thanks of theAssociation are due. A special vote of thanks has already beenaccorded to the editors, Messrs. H. W. Monckton and R. S.Herries, for their great services in this matter.

In addition to the usual exchanges, the LIBRARY has beenaugmented by the following donations :-From H. M. Government," Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain" : Englandand Wales-Strahan, "Geology of the South Wales Coal-field,Part X, Caermarthen"; Lamplugh," Geology of Nottingham" ; Reid,"Geology of Padstow and Camel ford " ; Whitaker, " Water Supplyof Hampshire"; Tiddeman, "Water Supply of Oxfordshire";Thomas, "Pah:eontology," Vol. I, Part 2 ; Catalogue of photo­graphs of geological subjects, Series A; "Summary of Progress"lor 19°9; Scotland-Peach, "Geology of Glenelg, Lochalsh, andsouth-east part of Skye" ; Clough, "Geology of East Lothian" ;.Peach, "Geology of the neighbourhood of Edinburgh."-From theLiverpool Geological Society: Hewitt's "Retrospect of Fifty

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Years' Progress."-From Frank Morey, Esq. (the author); "Guideto the Natural History of the Isle of Wight."-About 100 books,mainly Memoirs of U.S. Geological Surveys, were given by theproprietors of "Engineering." Eight county sheets of WilliamSmith's original geological map were given by H. A. Rigg, Esq.,K.C. To all the donors your cordial thanks are due.

The binding of serials and pamphlets has been continued,and the catalogue of works added to the Library has been keptwell up to date.

It is to be regretted that no photographs have been presentedduring the ) ear for insertion in the ASSOCIATION'S ALBUM, but afew promises have been received. This branch of our work isworthy of further development, and to this end the Illustrationand Photographic Committees have been combined, and MissM. S. Johnston has kindly consented to act as Secretary,A circular will shortly be issued on this matter. Mr. W. P. D.Stebbing still remains Curator of the Album.

The following is the list of PAPERS read during the year;"Be!emnocamax bow,ri. n.g. et sp., a new Cephalopod from the Lower

Chalk of Lincolnshire," by G. C. CRICK, F.G.S."Fifty Years' Work of the Geologists' Association" (Presidential

Address), by Prof W W. WATTS, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S."On a Fuller's Earth Section at Coombe Hay, near Bath," by LINSDALL.

RICHARDSON, F.R.S.E., F.I..S., F.G.S."A Preliminary Account of the British Fossil Voles and Lemmings;

with some Remarks on the Pleistocene Climate and Geography," by MARTINA. C. HINTON.

"Notes of some Igneolls Rocks frem North Devonshire," by HENRYDEWEY, F.G.s.

"The Geology of the Settle and Harrogate Districts," by Prof. PERCYF. KENDALL, M.Sc., F.G.S.

The following LECTURES were delivered; "The VolcanicHistory of Victoria," by Prof. E. W. Skeats, A.R.C.S., D.Sc.,F.G.S. j "Some Notes on the Superficial Geology and PhysicalFeatures of Epping Forest," by S. Hazzledine \Varren, F.G.S. j

"An Account of the District to be visited at Whitsuntide (theIsle of Purbeck and Bournemouth)," by H. W. Monckton,F.L.S., F.G.S, and F. Hovenden, F.L.S., F.G.S.; "The Historyof the Study of Fossils," by A. Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.;EG.S. j and" The Geology of Natal," by F. H. Hatch, Ph.D.,F.G.S.

The thanks of the Association are due to the variouscontributors and lecturers.

During the past year the following MUSEUM VISITS andEXCURSIONS have been successfully carried out:

Feb. I2.-Visit to Miss Johnston's Collections, at "Hazlewood," WimbledonHill.

Feb. 19.-Visit to the Imperial Institute, South Kensington. Director: J. W.Evans, D.Sc., LL.B., F.G.S.

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Feb. 26.-Visit to the Imperial College of ~cience, South Kensington.Directors: Prof. W. W. Watts, Sc.D., F.R.S., Pres. G.S., C. G. Cullis,D.Sc., F.G.S., and R. F. Gwinnell, B.Sc., F.G.S.

Mar. 5.-Excursion to the Loughton District of Epping Forest, and toMr. Hazzledine Warren's Museum. Director: S. Hazzledine Warren,F.G.S.

Mar. 12.-Excursion to the Croydon Bourne. Director: W. Whitaker,F.R.S., F.G.S.

Mar. 25 to 30.-The Easter Excursion to North Devon. Directors:]. G.Hamling, F.G.S., and Inkennann Rogers.

ApriI2.-Excursion to Worms Heath. Director: W. Whitaker, F.R.S.,F.G.S.

April 9.-Excursion to Grays Thurrock. Essex. Directors: M. A. C. Hintonand A. S. Kennard, F.li.S.

April 16.-Excursion to Sandy Lodge Golf Club, Northwood. Directors:G. Barrow, F.G.S., and H. Kidner, F.G.S.

April 23.-Whole Day Excursion to Sudbury, Suffolk. Director: the Rev.E. Hill, F.G.S.

April 30.-Excursion to Merstham and Betchworth. Director: G. E. Dibley,F.G.S.

~fay 7.-Whole Day F;xcursion to Sh~ppey. Directors: T. V. Holtnes,F.G.S., and W. Whitaker, F.R.S., F.G.S.

l\lay 14 to 18.-The Whitsun tide Excursion to Swanage. Lulworth Cove. andBournemouth. Directors: F. Hovenden, F.L.S., F.G.S .. H. W.Monckton. F.L.S., F.G 5., Dr. W. Theophilus Ord, and A. SmithWoodward, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.

May 2I.-Whole Day Excursion to Oxford, the University Museum, EnslowBridge, Kirklington, and Woodstock. Directors: M. M. Allorge,F.G.S., and C.]. Bayzand.

May 28.-Excursion to Southborough and Tonbridge. Director: E. W.Handcock, B.Sc., F.G S.

]'Jne 4.-Excursion to French Street and Sundridge. Directors: P. A. B.Martin and Ll. Treacher. F.G.S.

June II -Excursion to Gomshalland Peaslake. Director: Douglas Leighton..I une 18.-Whole Day Excursion to Leeds and the Loose Valley, Kent.

Director: F. ]. Bennett. F.G.S.June 25.-Excursion to Sonning. Director: LI. Treacher, F.G.S.July 2.-Excursion to Reigate. Directors: Miss M. C. Crosfield and W.

Whitaker, F.R.S., F.G.S.] uly 9.-Excursion to Arlesey and Letchworth. Director: The President,

William Hill, F.G.S.July 16.-Whole Day Excursion to I pswich. Directors: Miss M. Layard,

F.L.S., ]. Reid Moir, and George Slater.July 23.-Excursion to Watford and Croxley. Directors: H. Kidner, F.G.S.,

and]. H. Woodhead, F.G.S.July 28 to August 6.-The Long Excursion to the Dales of West Yorkshire

and Harrogate. Director: Prof. P. F. Kendall, M.Sc., F.G.S.September 3.-Excursion to Hedgerley and Burnham Beeches. Director:

Ll. Treacher, F.G.S.September 8.-Excursion to Charnwood Forest. Directors: F. W. Bennett,

M.D., B.Sc, T. O. Bosworth, B.A., F.G.S., and B. Stracey, M.B., F.G.S.September 24.-Excursion to Pinner. Directors: H. Kidner, F.G.S., and

1. H. Woodhead, F.G.S.October I.-Visit to the Japanese Exhibition. Director: Mr. Ko.November 5.-Excursion to Pinner and Bushey. Directors: H. Kidner,

F.G.S., and J. H. Woodhead, F.G S.December 17.-Visit to the Royal College of Surgeons. Director: R. H.

Burne.

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The above list comprises five visits to museums and privatecollections, fifteen half-day. seven whole day, and the usual threelong excursions, thirty in all. Detailed reports of most of thesewiII be found in the PROCEEDINc"S, though, owing to the size ofVol. XXI, it was found necessary to hold over some of themuntil the present year and the current volume. The attendanceswere well maintained, especially at the long excursions. Includingvisitors, the average attendance was: museum visits, 30; half­days. 35; whole days, 19; and long excursions, 51.

The cost to the Association, due to the guarantee of reducedfares, was £3 13s. 9d.

The following members of the Association have acted as·Excursion Secretaries on the various excursions: Miss Johnstofl,Miss Pearce, Messrs. A. L. Leach, Douglas Leighton, E. Montag,T. W. Reader, G. J. Roberts, W. P. D. Stebbing, Mark Wilb,.A. H. Williams, and A. C. Young.

Your thanks are due to the Directors of the various excursions,and also to the following for assistance and hospitality: Mrs.Johnston, at Wimbledon; Mrs. Hazzledine Warren at Loughton;the Curator of the Barnstaple Museum; the Curatorof the BidefordMuseum and Dr. Young, at Barnstaple; the Rev. J. W. Hayes,the Manager of Wouldham Portland Cement Co., and theSecretary of the Grays Chalk Quarries, Ltd., at Grays;­Mr. J. F. Markes, at Sandy Lodge; Dr. Holden, at Sudbury;Prof. Sollas and Prof. Bowman, at Oxford; Mrs. Golding,at Tonbridge; Mr. G. Hamilton, at Boscombe; Mr. Reeve,Mr. Crawshay and Mr. E. W. Dormer; at Sonning; Mr. and Mrs.Stephenson, at Letchworth; Col. and Mrs. Underwood, atIpswich; Mr. Cosmo Johns at Settle; Dr. and Mrs. Bennett, atLeicester; the Directors of the Watford Gas Co., and of theBushey Hall Hydro, at Watford; Messrs. Walker, Scott, andMiddleton, at Pinner; and also to the Director of the GeologicalSurvey for the I in. and J£ in. colour-printed Geological Maps.published during the year.

The changes in' the House List are as follows: Mr. R. S.Herries retires from the Vice-Presidency, and Dr. Walcot Gibson,Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. T. W. Reader, and Mr. W. Whitakerretire from the Council. Your thanks are due to these gentlemenfor their help in carrying on the work of the Association, butespecially to Mr. Whitaker, whose vast knowledge of localgeological details and his ever-ready helpfulness in many wayshave been of the greatest assistance to the officers. The names 01those suggested to fill the vacancies wiII be found on the ballotpaper.

It was moved by Mr. D. Leighton, seconded by Miss GraceBigby, and unanimously resolved: "That the Report just read

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be adopted as the Annual Report of the Association for the year1910, including the Statement of Account."

The Scrutineers of the ballot reported that the following hadbeen duly elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing year;

PRESIDENT:

William Hill, F.G.S.

VICE-PRF.SlllENTS:

G. Potter. F.R.M.S. IJ. ]. H. Teall, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.,

F.G.S.

Prof. W. W. Watts. M.A., Sc.D.,F.R.S., Pres. G.S.

A. S. Woodward, LL.D, F.I<. S.,Sec. G.S.

Tl<EASURER:

J. Vincent Elsden, D.Sc., F.G.S., 77, Coleraine Road, Blackheath, S.E.

SECl<ETARIES:

G. 'vV. Young. F.G.S., I34, Glen thorne Rd., Hammersmith, W.

A. C. Young. F.e.S.,J7, Vicars Hill, Lewisham, S.E.

EDlTOl1 :

H. W. Monckton, Treas. L.S .. F.G.S., 3. Harcourt Buildings,Temple, E.C.

LIBRARIAN:

Prof. E. J. Garwood, M.A., Sec. G.S., University College, London.

William Wright. F.G.S.A. C. Young, F.C.S.G. W. Young, F.G.S.

COUNCIL:Alfred W. Oke, LL.M., F.L.S.,

F.GS.G. Potter, F.R.M.S.). J. H. Teall, M.A., D.Se., F.R S.,

F.G.S.Prof. W. W. Watts, M.A., Sc.D.,

F.R.S., Pres. G.S.Mark Wilks.A. S. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.,

Sec. G.S.

Ceorge Barrow, F.G.S.Richard E. Bartlett.J. Vincent Elsden, D.Se.. F.G.S.J. W. Evans. LL.B., D Sc., F.G.S.Miss Mary C. Foley, B.Sc.James Francis, F.G.S.Prof. E. J. Garwood, M.A.. Sec. G.S.R. S. Herries, M.A., F.G.5.William Hill, F.G.S.Miss M. S. Johnston.H. Kidner, F.G.S.A. L. Leach, F.G.S.H. W. Monckton, Treas. L.S., F.G.S.

The best thanks of the Association were then voted to theOfficers, to the Members of the Council retiring from office, tothe Auditors and to the Scrutineers.

The President then delivered the Annual Address, entitled" Flint and Chert" (see ante, p. 61).

On the motion of Mr. E. T. Newton, seconded by Dr.Walcot Gibson, it was unanimously resolved: "That thePresident's Address, just read, be printed in extenso and circulated.among the members."

This terminated the Annual General Meeting.