the annual report of the council of the geologists' association for the year 1927

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202 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1927. [Read at the Annual General AIding, February sra, 1928J. T HE numerical strength of the Association on 31st, 1927, was as follows :- Honorary Members 16 Ordinary Members :- Life Members (compounded) 139 Annual Subscribers .. 914 106 9 December During the past year 85 new members were elected, and the Association lost 44 members through death, resignation and other causes, giving an increase of 41 members in comparison with the preceding year. The steady increase in membership is therefore being well maintained. The list of deceased members is as follows :- Miss J. Brown, G. W. Butler, Miss H. Drew, H. G. Erith, A. C. Haslam, J. B. Hill, T. Howse, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, J. R. Leeson, D. J. Legg, J. J. Lister, and G. Potter. MR. GERARD WEEDEN BUTLER, who died on 6th February, 1927, had been a member for thirty-nine years, having been elected in 1888. All his life Mr. Butler was a keen geologist and his interest and enthusiasm for geological work in the field remained unabated up to the time of his death, which followed a short illness. MR. JAMES BASTIAN HILL, R.N., F.G.S., who was born in 1861, was the son of the late George Hill of Tregassick, Cornwall, and a kinsman of H. C. Bastian, the advocate of Spontaneous Generation or the abiogenetic origin of life. He joined the Navy as Paymaster, and was present at the bombardment of Alexan- dria, where he won the Egyptian Medal with one clasp and the Khedive Star. He retired from the Navy after six years service to study geology both at University College, London, and the Royal School of Mines. He entered H.M. Geological Survey as a field geologist in 1884, when Sir Archibald Geikie was Direc- tor, and served also under Sir Jethro Teall. His first work lay in Argyllshire, a part of Scotland that afterwards remained dear to him. He contributed to several memoirs dealing with the' Geology of the sea-board of Argyll' in 1909, of ' Mid Argyll' in 1905 ; also to the' Geology of Knap- dale, Jura and North Kintyre', in I9II. But perhaps his finest

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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCILOF THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION FOR THE

YEAR 1927.

[Read at the Annual General AIding, February sra, 1928J.

TH E numerical strength of the Association on31st, 1927, was as follows :-

Honorary Members 16Ordinary Members :-

Life Members (compounded) 139Annual Subscribers .. 914

1069

December

During the past year 85 new members were elected, and theAssociation lost 44 members through death, resignation andother causes, giving an increase of 41 members in comparisonwith the preceding year. The steady increase in membershipis therefore being well maintained.

The list of deceased members is as follows :-Miss J. Brown, G. W. Butler, Miss H. Drew, H. G. Erith,

A. C. Haslam, J. B. Hill, T. Howse, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson,J. R. Leeson, D. J. Legg, J. J. Lister, and G. Potter.

MR. GERARD WEEDEN BUTLER, who died on 6th February,1927, had been a member for thirty-nine years, having beenelected in 1888. All his life Mr. Butler was a keen geologistand his interest and enthusiasm for geological work in the fieldremained unabated up to the time of his death, which followeda short illness.

MR. JAMES BASTIAN HILL, R.N., F.G.S., who was born in1861, was the son of the late George Hill of Tregassick, Cornwall,and a kinsman of H. C. Bastian, the advocate of SpontaneousGeneration or the abiogenetic origin of life. He joined the Navyas Paymaster, and was present at the bombardment of Alexan­dria, where he won the Egyptian Medal with one clasp and theKhedive Star. He retired from the Navy after six years serviceto study geology both at University College, London, and theRoyal School of Mines. He entered H.M. Geological Surveyas a field geologist in 1884, when Sir Archibald Geikie was Direc­tor, and served also under Sir Jethro Teall.

His first work lay in Argyllshire, a part of Scotland thatafterwards remained dear to him. He contributed to severalmemoirs dealing with the' Geology of the sea-board of Argyll'in 1909, of ' Mid Argyll' in 1905 ; also to the' Geology of Knap­dale, Jura and North Kintyre', in I9II. But perhaps his finest

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achievement was his paper on ' The Progressive Metamorphism. in the Region of Loch Awe: published in the Quarterly

J ournal for 1899. On being transferred to Cornwall he settledin Falmouth, where he spent many happy years in unravellingthe waste of undifferentiat ed killas of Northern Meneage andthe adjacent parts west of Falmouth. He succeeded in recog­nizing four different litholo gical units of the killas which he termedthe Portscatho, the Myler, the Veryan, and the Falmouth divisionsrespectively, but he was never certain as to th e sequence amongthese beds . He was of opinion that they were laid down inOrdovician times and suffered cleavage in the Caledonian earth­movements previously to the deposition of the Devonianconglomerate.

He was given charge of the official enquiry into th e geologicaland statistical investigations of the mines and lodes of WestCornwall, and his most important contributions to Cornishgeology are the memoir on the Camborne and Falmouth countrywhich he prepared in collaboration with Mr. MacAlister, and thaton the Lizard District which he and Sir John Flett wrot e in 1912.His Cornish work was recognized by the Royal GeologicalSociety of Cornwall, who awarded him the Bolitho Gold Medal .in1913.

Hill was a keen yachtsman and dearly loved the beautifulrias around Falmouth Harbour and the Helford river, andregretted leaving them to proceed for a short time to the Midlands,where he surveyed a small ar ea around Ollerton and Lichfield.

In 19II he was appointed to the Local Government Board(afterwards the Ministry of Health) as their geological adviser,and served under them until 1922. His principal work lay inadvising the Board upon Underground Water Supply, a subjectin which he took a great interest and of which he had especialknowledge.

He joined the Geologists' Association in 1912 and conductedjointly with Sir John Flett the Easter excursion to the Lizardand Meneage in 1913. He contributed an interesting guide tothe district, which was published in vol. xxiv. of the Proceedingsof the Association.

He was a keen observer and had an accomplished literarystyle possessed by few geologists. He disliked theorizing unlessthe facts adequately supported his inferences, but once he hadadvanced his views he was ever ready to defend them, and withability and power.

He was an all-round sportsman and delighted in the open-airlife; was a deadly shot, a keen angler and an intrepid navigator.

Hill was a man of the world in the best sense, and all who knewhim deplore the loss of a genial and true friend . He died on18th December, 1927.

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THE REV. HENRY NEVILLE HUTCHINSON, who died on 30thOctober, Ig27, at the age of 72, became a member of the Associa­tion in 18g3. Educated at Rugby and St. John's, Cambridge,he was ordained in 1883, but he suffered from ill-health and tookup literary work in London in 18g1. He became a popularexpositor of science and published a number of books, including'Prehistoric Man and Beast,' 'Extinct Monsters,' and, Marriage Customs in Many Lands.' In 18g3 Mr. Hutchinsonlectured to the Association on 'An attempt to restore someExtinct Animals,' and as recently as November, Ig26, althoughunable to attend in person, he sent to the Conversazione a fineexhibit of gem-stones and models of Dinosaurs. Mr. Hutchinsonwas a Fellow of the Royal Geographical, the Geological and theZoological Societies.

Dr. JOHN R. LEESON, M.D., F.L.S., J.p., the Mayor ofTwickenham, who only joined the Association in 1923, died onthe zjrd October, Ig27. He was, in early life, a pupil of LordLister at Edinburgh, and in 1927 published a book of reminis­cences entitled' Lister as I knew him.' Dr. Leeson was a Fellowof the Royal Astronomical, Royal Microscopical, Geological andLinnean Societies, a magistrate for Middlesex, and a member ofthe Court of the Salters' Company. He had retired from medicalpractice for many years and had become closely associated withpublic work in Twickenham, of which borough he was the firstMayor.

Mr. JOSEPH JACKSON LISTER, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., who diedon 5th February, Ig27, aged 6g, was elected a member of theAssociation in Ig07. He was born at Leytons tone and came of afamily distinguished in science, his father, Arthur Lister, F.R.S.,being a noted botanist, and his uncle, Lord Lister. He enteredSt. John's College, Cambridge, where he spent the rest of his lifewhich, though much hampered by ill-health, was devoted to thescience of zoology. His study of the Foraminifera gained himthe Fellowship of the Royal Society in Igoo, and he was theauthor of numerous papers and sections of text books onForaminifera and, in connection with his father's work, onMycetozoa. He was also a Fellow of the Linnean and ZoologicalSocieties.

Mr. GEORGE POTTER. Any member who lives to the ageof go, who has been an active participant in its life, and whogoes back to the earliest beginnings of the Association, must henoteworthy in its annals. While Potter was with us we still hadthe past. The close of that 70 years (1858-1g27) we must nowcount as a definite stage in our existence.

George Potter, who died on the Igth September, 1927, within

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a week of his goth year, was born in Highgate on the 25thSeptember, 1837. His father was closely connected with thatfamous northern height; Potter kept in close touch with it allhis life, and from his earliest days he never ceased amassinglocal material. His first hobby was geology, and here, with N. T.Wetherell, he had the opportunity of collecting from the famousfossiliferous beds of the London Clay which were exposed whenthe Archway cutting was being made. Potter was left theresidue of the Wetherell Collection which did not go to theBritish Museum, and this, with his own collection, has now goneto the Highgate School museum. The writer often used to hearof those great days for the collector, but he never managed toget a glimpse of the fossils.

While Potter always kept in close touch with the Associationand was one of its most assiduous attendants on excursions wellinto this century, his real love was bibliography and kindredsubjects. He served on the Council for periods amounting inall to 16 years, was twice a vice-president, and was elected anhonorary member in 1908. He was a Fellow of the RoyalMicroscopical Society, and regularly attended its meetings, butthere is no gainsaying that he was at his happiest when addingto his books, his prints, his newspaper cuttings, or other materialfrom the printer which had some bearing on the northern heightsof London, and more especially Highgate.

He had various bookseller friends to whom he made periodicalvisits, or with whom he corresponded, and he would oftenproceed after a long excursion of the Association to some placeor other where literature had a home. In adding to his collec­tions he would go through many daily and weekly newspapers,but sometimes after his summer visits, he has confessed that onhis return the mass of paper which had accumulated appalledhim.

As an enthusiastic member of the Ex Libris Society, of whichhe had been president, his collection of these personal memorialstorn from their text ran into thousands. A discourse on them byPotter was a valuable lesson in genealogy, and on their develop­ment and fashion. If the anniversary of any notable person orgreat event came to be celebrated in the districts which concernedhim, Potter generally managed to make up a frame or two ofprints or other memorials to exhibit, and he always made himselfinteresting in his descriptive talks. Anyone to whom Potter'ssubjects appealed could not help but learn many curiosities ofliterature from his conversation in that rather dark little :flatin the Archway Road; a place which, always cramped, wasmade a hundred-fold worse by the stacks and stacks of books,papers and cases which were piled one on the top of the other,sometimes layers deep, in rooms and passages.

Potter at one time created a good deal of amusement to

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members of the Association from the seemingly promiscuity ofhis collecting. He said he collected eph emeral literature­what other people threw away- and that if one collected it longenough and in sufficient quantity and kept it arranged it couldnot help becoming of value in time. He th erefore became therecipient every now and then of odd tickets of various descrip­tions, and even once of a collection of hairpins, but it took somelittle time for him to see the joke of this.

H is an cient history th at th e first suggestion for the foundingof such a body as th e Association is due to a letter in Th e Geologistfor Augnst, 1858, signed " W. ]. Haywood " and headed"Proposition for an Association of Amateur Geologists." Mr.Haywood never revealed any further evidence of his existence,but 1\1r. J. E. Wakefield, our first hon. secretary, seems to havetaken up the suggestion whole-heartedly and to have madePotter-to whom he had been introduced-his enthusiasticlistener. Potter it was who introduced James Slade to Wakefield.These three enthusiasts-the ages of the first two being 21 and30--after their first meeti ng on Oct. 28th, at a conversazioneat th e Islington Literary and Scienti fic Institution , met forfur th er considerat ion of the subject at Mr. Wak efield 's house,Meadow Cottage, Highgate Rise, on Nov . r zth. Few bu t canlook back to some period of enthusiasm in their lives. They canrealize this momentous meeting and the second one called forNov. zoth, when the three decided that each should invite friendslikely to be interested in the project. Thus it was th at Mr.Toulmin Smith came to be invited to this pr eliminary meeting,and to be called to the chair. Regarding these earliest meetings,Potter wrote in 1909 that the " Association was founded atMeadow Cottage, Highgate Rise, the residence of Mr. Wakefield ,the only other persons present being J. Slade and the Writer. "Again in 1910 he wrote that " J. S lade and myself were placed onthe first Coun cil . I purposely retired before the first list wasprinted as ill-health made it desirable I should have a long stayin the country , hence my first address is given as Street , Somt­Myoid friend Slade retired also. I believe because the hour ofmeetings was fixed at 4 o]c , an impossible hour for him toattend."

On Potter's retirement from the Council in February, 1913, hereferred in a letter to the first President, Toulmin Smith, as " anold friend of my Father, whom I invited to the preliminarymeeting" of the Association. Of all the presidents to the aboveyear he also said that he had the" happiest recollections," butwe must record that when some occupant of the chair happenedto leav e out some little link in th e early history of our foundation,he was immediately up in arms.

At the meeting on November 29th , at Messrs. Abbot andBurton 's , 2 , Upper Wellington Street , Strand, th e first prospectus

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of the Association was drawn up. It is on record by both Potterand Slade that the Rev. Thomas Wiltshire, the second president,was at this meeting on the invitation of Mr. Slade. The pros­pectus was issued to the subscribers under the date Dec. 6th,1858, and enlarged on the value of the infant society to manywho" shrink from the assumption of ranking themselves amongthe illustrious Professors and Masters in the Science." It thenwent on to speak of the holding of regular meetings, theformation of a museum, the exchange of specimens, and thesupplying of information as to the best localities for study, butno suggestion of combined excursions under a director. (Didthis idea-the life of the Association-still have to be born ?)Subscribers were informed at the end of this paper that ameeting to settle the rules of the Association would be held onFriday, Dec. 17th, and that the names and addresses of anywishing to join should be sent before Monday, Dec. r jth, to theChairman, the Treasurer, ''''illiam Hislop, or Mr. J. E. Wakefield.The subsequent history of the Association, which boasted 286members in December, 1859, need not further be followed.

As so much was made in the first prospectus of the formationof a museum and the exchange of specimens it would have beeninteresting if we could have fathered the suggestions on toPotter. The human species loves to collect, and as Potter wasthe most acquisitive collector of unconsidered trifles that thewriter has known, it is quite possible that the latter suggestionwas his, but this one of the Association's objects early provedunworkable and unwanted.

Potter in these days and to this generation would not be calledeven an amateur geologist, but there have always been manywho, if not caring for philosophico-theoretical discussions andtechnical papers on geology, have appreciated all the delightswhich go to make up this science of the open air. Geologyconduces to good fellowship and so the Geologists' Associationropes in the young enthusiast and retains the ancient.

Potter, and many others who are a pleasant memory to theolder generation, retained his old-fashionedness even on excur­sions. His long black coat and small black tie almost hiddenby his long beard, were never laid aside, but these did notprevent him from being in the van on excursions, even if archi­tecture sometimes came before geology. The writer remembersa noteworthy excursion to Brittany which was lengthened outby an architectural extension to Normandy, where Potter provedas pleasant alone as he had previously been when one of a largeparty. In his later years he was generally remembered by theparties on long excursions, who would send him a combined cardof greeting, to which he would characteristically reply, alwaysending up" last survivor of three founders of the G.A."

[W.P.D.S.]

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DR. INCOME AND E XPENDiTURE FOR THE YE AR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1927. CR.

30 4 697 14 0

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.. .. Geo logy in the Field"Ad miss ions to E xcursions . .

" Con tribut ions to cos t o f p rinting LibraryCa talogue ., " . .

Debit Balance, December 31st, 1927

£748 18 6 £748 18 6

By Blocks and Plates" Printing t he lII ustrat ions" Bala nce in hand , De cember j rst , 1927

To Balance in hand , January 1St, 192 7Subscriptions and Dona t ion sCont r ib ut ions b y Authors

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By Award to A. Wrigley" Balance in hand , December 31St, 1927

To Balance in hand , January 1St, 192.7" Dividends fro m I n vested Funds

FOULE RTON AWARD FUND.

£ s . d.I4 7 710 4 0

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£24 II 7 £24 II 7

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MORE Y BEQUEST FUND.

i s . d .5 0 0 I By balance in hand , December 31St , 1927 "

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Elections)Arnoun t du e ..

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3 Admission Fees (Arrears)20.. (Autumn E lections) . ,

A udi tors,H. W . CORNES, }

fl . A. HAYWARD,J anuary z t st, 1928,

We have co m pared these statements with the books and accounts presented to us, and find them to agree .

\ Ve have als o verified the in vest ments of £1,217 2S. 6d . Nott in gham Cor pora t ion Stock, {20 0 Jr:dia 3%Stock , and £320 5 % War Stock on General Account, £100 5 % War Stock of the Morey Bequest Fund ,and £255 Sout he rn Rai lway 5% Guarant eed prefer en ce Stock Qf the Fo ulerton Award F und .

A. E . GR EENE, Treasurer,

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Finance.

If the amount of the contributions by members to the costof printing the Library Catalogue is deducted from both sides ofthe account the net income of the General Fund for the yearwas £590 os. rd., as compared with £606 13S. r rd, for 1926 and £58012S. qd. for 1925, and the net expenditure was £718 14s. ad. ascompared with £626 lOS. 6d. for 1926 and £683 19s. 4d. for 1925.

The Council desire to point out that they have followed thepolicy of their recent predecessors in spending some of the sur­plus funds of the Association on publications, and to make itdear that the excess of expenditure over income in the past yearwas due to this cause, together with the net cost of the LibraryCatalogue, viz. £35 lOS. Sd., and of the List of Members, viz.£2g 19s. ad. (a biennial item). The surplus funds are nowapproaching exhaustion, and the whole question of future policyin its financial aspect will fall to be considered by the new Council.But the assets of the Compounding Fund now exceed theliability by nearly £170 and the £50 War Stock investment ofsurplus funds remains available; these assets suffice to meetthe deficiency on the year and leave a surplus balance of over £go.

The Illustrations Fund.

The Council has pleasure in again reporting a successfulyear as regards this Fund. During Ig27, 123 members con­tributed the sum of £128 14S. 4d., representing an increase (com­pared with Ig26) of three contributors and a sum of £67 IgS. 4d.The amount of £128 14S.4d. is more than double that contributedin the preceding year, though this is a circumstance entirelydue to two generous donations amounting to £67 17s. rrd,in respect of special illustrations of certain papers.

The balance now carried forward is £47 os. 7d.It will be observed that the whole cost of providing illustra­

tions has been covered by the Fund, that is, the printing as wellas the cost of the blocks, and it is hoped that a sufficient incomemay be maintained for the fund to bear this expense in futureyears.

Publications.

The Publications Committee consisted of the Officers andMessrs. C. P. Chatwin, A. Morley Davies, H. Dewey, J. F. N.Green, H. B. Milner, S. W. Wooldridge, and G. W. Young.During the year five meetings were held, at which 30 papers andreports were submitted and considered by the Committee witha view to their publication in the "Proceedings." Thisrepresents an increase of seven communications compared withthat for the preceding year.

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The " Proceedings."The increase in the number of papers submitted for publica­

tion is reflect ed in an increase of approximately r oo pages in thesize of Volum e 38 of th e " Proceedings." While th e numberof illustrations in the text has increased to 6r , as compared with45 in the preceding volume, th e number of plates has fall enfrom 27 to 21. Of these, three were coloured, th eir publicationbeing made possible by generous contribut ions from Mr. J .Selwyn Turner and the Universit y of London .

In addition to the several authors, the thanks of the Asso­ciation are due to the following for permission to reproducephotographic and other illustrations: H.M. Geological Survey ,Messrs. N. G. Blackwell, W. E. Howarth, R. Lunn, and H.Wastell.

During the year two Excursion Handbooks were published forthe use of members attendin g the long excursions to Dolgelleyand Edinburgh respectively, the Handbooks being reprintedlater in the" Proceedings."

In view of their wide interest the Council decided to reprintboth Dr. Slater 's papers on " Glacial Tectonics " as a separatepublication.

Meetings.Ten meetings were held during th e year, a t which twelve

papers were read and five lectures delivered . Particulars ofthese will be found in the Session Report which forms an ap­pendix to this Report. The thanks of th e Associatio n are due toth e various contributors an d lecturers.

Attendances a t meetin gs were well maintained, ave ragingabout 80 in number.

The Conversazione, held on th e first Satur day afte rnoon inNovember, was well attended and the 26 separa-te exhibi ts th enshown were much app reciated .

Excursions.The Excursions Committee electe d in March consisted of the

Officers, Miss Bauer , Messrs. A. C. Young, G. W. Young, W. L.Turner, E. A. W. Taylor , with power to add to th eir number.

During the year th ere were six museum demonstrations,eight half-day excursions, seven day excursions, one week-endexcursion, and three long excursions.

The following is a list of th e excursions :-January 29th.-The Johnston-Lavis Collection and the

Geological Collections at Univ ersit y College. Demonstrat ion byProf. Garwood, Miss Goodyea r and K. W. Earle.

February 4th.--The Royal Schoo! of Mines. Demonstrationby Prof. Watts and memb ers of th e staff.

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Februarv 26th.- British Museum (Na t. Hist .) Demonstra­tion by W. 'Campbell Smith and staff, on the Rock Collections inthe Museum.

March 5th.-Demonstration at University College by Prof.D. M. S. Watson on Fossil Vert ebrates.

March I9th.-Demonstration at Universit y College by Prof.Elliot Smith on the Fossil Remains of Man.

March 26th.- Demonstra t ions at the Museum of Geology,J ermyn Street , by Messrs. Crookall, Hester and Pringle.

April rjth to zoth.c--Excursicn to Dolgelley. Directors,Prof. A. H. Cox and and Dr. A. K. Wells.

*April 30th.-Excursion to Keston and Fairchildes. Director,A. G. Davis.

*May 'lth.-Excursion to Strood and Cobham. Director,G. E. Hutchings.

May I4th.-Excursion to Beaconsfield and Amersham.Director, Dr. S. W. Wooldridge.

May 2I st .-Excllrsion to the Vale of Kingsc1ere. Director,Prof. H. L. Hawkins.

May 28th.-Excufsion to Newington and Sittingbourne.Directors, H . C. Berdinner and G. E. Hutchings.

*June 3rd to-june 'lth.-Excllrsion to S.E . Sussex. Directors,A. J. Bull, H. B. Milner, G. S. Sweeting.

*June nth.-Excursion to Coulsdon and Merstham. Director,A. G. Davis.

*June 18th.-Excursion to Haslernere and Blackdown.Director, 1. Collins.

June 2sth.-Excursion to the Hog's Back. Directors, F. H.Edmunds and H . G. Dines.

July 2nd .-Excursion to Newnham and Nateley. Director,A. Wrigley.

*July qth.s--Excursion to Folkestone. Directors, Dr. L. F.Spath and H. W. Com es.

July I 6th.-Excursion to Tring and Ivinghoe. Director,K. W. Earle.

July 29th to August 8th.- Excursion to the EdinburghDistrict. Directors, D. Balsillie, Dr. R. Campbell, T. C. Day,R. J. A. Eckford, C. H. Dinham, Prof. W. T . Gordon, M. Mac­gregor, W. Manson, Dr. H . H . Read, and D. Tait.

*September 3rd.-Excursion to Newhaven and Brighton.Director, C. T. A. Gaster.

September 9 to n .-Excursion to Hunstanton, Directors.J. A. Steers and H. D. Thomas.

September I 'lth.-Excursion to Betchworth and Headley.Director, G. M. Davies.

*September 24th.- Excursion to the Medway Gap. Directors,G. E. Hutchings and E. E. S. Brown.

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The Museum.

The Museum.Mond Nickel Co.

H.M. GeologicalSurvey

*October Ist.-Excursion to Ashford. Directors, H. W.Comes and Dr. S. W. Wooldridge.

(An asterisk denotes that the excursion was provided by theWeald Research Committee.)

The attendances on the several excursions were much as theywere for the previous year, the averages being :-For the demon­strations, 44 members.; for the half-day, 20; for the whole dayexcursions, 17; IS attended the week-end excursion; while theaverage for the long excursions was So members.

It is felt that with so large a London membership the atten­dances at the Saturday excursions should be much greater. Onseveral occasions the number has not reached twelve, theminimum required for the special party ticket at half-rate. Itis hoped that members will give this matter their consideration,so that next year may be more successful in this respect.

The following have acted as Excursion Secretaries :-Messrs.E. E. S. Brown, H. W. Comes, C. H. Dinham, W. F. Fleet, S.Hall, T. W. Marsh, E. A. W. Taylor, E. A. Turner, and S. W.Wooldridge.

Your thanks are due to the Directors and Secretaries ofExcursions and also to numerous land- and quarry-owners forpermission to visit pits and quarries.

Library.In addition to the periodical exchanges the following donations

to the Library have been received during the year :-TITLE OF WORK. DONOR.

Geological Survey Memoirs.Summary of Progress: 1926Special reports on mineral resources 10,

znd. ed., 1927Geology of the Rossendale anticline, 1927 ..Southern part of S. Staffordshire coalfield,

1927 ..South Wales coalfield, 2, 1927Geology of Ipswich, 1927 ..Geology of country between Stafford and

Market Drayton, 1927Scotland. Oilshales of the Lothians, 3rd

edition, 1927Ireland. Geology of Killarney and Kenmare,

1927American Museum of Natural History.

14 maps made by the Central Asiaticexpeditions in Mongolia, 1925 ..

Barton, F. R. Nickel coinage, 1926British Museum (Nat. Hist.).

Catalogue of Cainozoic plants, vol. I, 1926

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Monograph of the voles and lemmings,vol. I , 1926

Bulman, O. M . B. Koremagraptus, 1927 ..Cameron, Sir H. C. Reminiscences of List er,

192 7.Chamberlin, T . C. Growth of the earth : and

another pamphlet, 1926Denkschrijten des nat urhistorischen 111useums

in Wien, Bd. 1- 2, 1917-23 . .Gilmour, C. W. A new species of Corythos­

saurus, 1923Gordon, Mrs. M. M. O. Gr6dener,-Fassa,­

und Enneberggebiet in dem siidtivolenDolomiten, 2 Bde., 1927

Horner, N. G. Brattforsheden ett varmlandsktranddeltekomplex och dess dyner, 1927

Judd, J. W. Secondary rocks and Tertiaryvolcanoes of Scotland, 1873-88

Judd & Cole. Petrography of the TertiaryIgneous rocks of Scotl and, 1865-91

Lowe, E. E. Igneous rocks of the MountsorrelDistrict, 1926

N uttall , W. L. F . The localities whence theforaminifera figured in the report of H.M.S... Challenger" were deri ved , 1917 ..

Odell, N . E. Geology of the eas tern parts ofCentral Spitsbergen , 1927 ..

Ra w, F. Ontogenies of the Trilobites, 1927 ..Raeburn & M ilner, Alluvial prospecting, 1927Stubblefield , C. J., & Bulm an, O. lvI. B. The

Shineton Shales of the Wrekin district,1926

Th ompson, B. Dendritic and arborescentmarkings on stones, 1926 . .

Tapley. Geology of the Weald, 1875University of Glasgow. Pap ers of the Geological

Department, 10 and II , 1927

The Museum.The Author.

Univ . ofGlasgow.

The Author.

The Museum.

The Author.

The Author.Univ. ofUp sala.

W. J. Atkinson.

"Leicester Lit . &Philosoph. Soc.

The Author.

The Author.The Author .H. B. Milner

The Authors.

The Author.W. J. Atkinson.

Un iv. ofGlasgow.

A catalogue of the geological books in the Library ofUniversity College, London, including the Library of theGeologists' Association whi ch is incorporated in the CollegeLibrary, has been published this year. This is the first catalogueissued by the Association since that of 1879, and although itcost the sum of £65 ISS. zd ., the generous sum of £30 4S. 6d.was contributed specially by members and friends. It is now onsale to members at 2S. per copy , and it is hoped that it will meetmembers ' requirements and obtain their support. Members arereminded that not only the books in the Association 's Library,

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but also cognate works in the Libraries of Unive rsity Collegear e available for their use.

The following additions have been made to t he ExchangeList since the publicat ion of th e List of Members (pp . 38-40)in October, 1927 :-

Th e Geological Survey of Poland.Kai serl. Leop .-Carol. Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher ,

Halle.

North-East Lancashire Group.Five excursions took place in the summer as fo llows :­May 14th, 1927.-Bowland Shales at East by Beck ncar

Skipton, Joint excurs ion with Yorks. Geol, Soc. Director,W. S. Bisat, F.G.S.

June r rth, 1927.- Bowland Shales in Pendleton Brook (PendleHill). Director, Edw. W . ]. Moore, B.Sc., A.1.C.

June r Sth, 1927.-Yellow Hills and Houghton Gorge.Director, J. Ranson, A.M.1.M.E., F .G.S.

July znd, 1927.-The Ordov ician and Silurian Successionbetween Horton-in-Ribbl esdale and Helwith Bri dge. Director,J. Ranson, A.M.I.M .E ., F .G.S.

August 27th , 1927.-Revidge Grit , et c., in Blackburn Park.Director, Miss E . J . Wooff, B.A.

At the Annual Meet ing on October r st , 1927, th e followingappointments were made :-

President of the Group : J. Ran son , A.M.I. l\I.E ., F .G.S.Secretary: Miss E . J. Wooff, B.A .Council : Messrs.]. Emmott , N. H awort h and V. Dean.

The followin g lectures were given at th e Municipal Techni calCollege, Blackburn :-

October zqth, 1927.-The Geology of North Wales. Aresume of the Dolgelley Ex cursion , by J . Ranson , A.M.I.M .E .,F .G.S.

December ot h , 1927.-The Origin of Igneous Reeks, byJ. E . W. Rhodes . B.Sc., A.I.e. , M.I.M .E .

The Local Group tenders it s thanks to t he BlackburnEduca tion Committee for th eir kind permission to hold thelectures in the Municipal Technical College.

Temporary Sections Committee.Some dozen records have been received from district obse rvers

during the year and are filed for reference. Of th ese severa lhave been contributed by Mr. A. W. Groves, who ha s obtaineduseful evidence of the local fea tures of the Eocene and Pliocenebeds round Sutton and Ban stead . An account of these sectionswill appear in the Proceedings at an early date. Miss B. R. 1\1.Saner has undertaken the recording of sec t ions in and immediatelyaround the City of London and a number of these records hasP ROC. GEOL. Assoc ., VOL . XXXIX. , P ART 2 , 192 8 . 1 4

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already been filed, including a detailed account of the largeexcavation west of Bush House. It is hoped that an account ofthe more interesting of these sections will be published.

While it is satisfactory to note that such invaluable work isproceeding in some areas, the general response to the appealfor workers and records is in no sense adequate to the need.Those members who have no opportunity of assisting in theactual work of observation can at least notify the existence ofsections, so that they may be examined by others. At presentthe burden of the work is falling on a small number of observers,and evidence is being lost on all hands. All communicationsshould be addressed to the Registrar, Dr. S. W. Wooldridge,Dept. of Geology, King's College, Strand, W.C.

The Weald Research Committee.

C h air man's Rep 0 r t, 1927.

Steady progress has been made with the work of geologicalsurvey.

Members of the Committee have conducted nine excursionsfor the Association as the result of their field work. Amongthese was the Whitsuntide excursion to South-East Sussex.

Mr. A. E. Greene has undertaken the duties of treasurerof the Committee, in which capacity Mr. Milner had previouslyacted.

The Fourth Annual Dinner of the Committee was held onNovember roth, 1927, when the guests of the evening wereSir John S. Flett, F.RS., and Mr. A. W. Szlumper, C.B.E.

Four new members were elected during the year, and thefollowing is the list of members of the Committee on Dec. 31st,1927 :-H. C. Berdinner, B.Sc., E. E. S. Brown, F.G.S., A. J.Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S. (Chairman), O. M. B. Bulman, Ph.D.,A.RC.S., (Palseontologist), I. Collins, B.Sc., F.G.S., H. W.Comes, B.Sc., F.G.S., L. R Cox, B.A., F.G.S., (Palseontologist),A. G. Davis, A. A. Fitch, C. T. A. Gaster, F.G.S., F. Gossling,B.Sc., F.G.S., J. F. N. Green, B.A., F.G.S., A. E. Greene, M.A.,B.Sc. (Treasurer), S. Hall, B.Sc., F.G.S., H. A. Hayward, F.G.S.,G. E. Hutchings, M. P. Latter, B.A., F.G.S., D. C. Linton,B.Sc., H. B. Milner, M.A., D.r.C., F.G.S. (Vice-Chairman), G. M.Part, M.A., F.G.S., L. F. Spath, D.Sc., F.G.S., C. J. Stubble­field, Ph.D., A.R.C.S., F.G.S., G. S. Sweeting, F.G.S. (Secretary),E. A. Turner, F.G.S., W. F. Whittard, Ph.D., A.RC.S., F.G.S.,(Vertebrate Palseontologist). S. W. Wooldridge, D.Sc., F.G.S.,and A. C. Young, F.C.S.

Mr. F. E. Eames retired on account of absence abroad.An account of the work of this Committee will be published

in Part 3 of the current volume of the Proceedings.

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Foulerton Award.The Foulerton Award for th e year was given to Mr. Arthur

Wrigley.

Trustees.The following members ar e the Trustees of the Association :­

.Mr. R. S. Herries, Mr. H. W. Monckton , Mr. 'So HazzledineWarren and Sir Arthur Smith Woodward.

House List.There are several important changes in the House List.

Mr. Bull retires from the Presidency . During his term of officeth ere has been a considerable increase in the membership, two veryextensive excursion programmes have been carried through withmuch success, and, under his personal leadership, the work of theWeald Research Committee has made good progress. Mr. Bullhas taken great interest in all th e activities of the Associationand particularly in his zealous support of both Long and ShortExcursions.

Professor H. L. Hawk ins retires as Senior Vice-President , andMessrs. H . B. Milner , E. A. W. Taylor and W. Wright retire asmembers of th e Council. Th e names of those suggested by theCouncil for election as officers and members of th e Council willbe found on the ballot paper.

REPORT OF THE SESSION, 1927.ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, January 7th, 1927·- A. J.

Bull , M.Sc., F.G.S. , President, in the chair.Miss Sophie Elizabeth Armstrong, St anl ey Bates, George

Edward Bessey, John Stanley Beven, Miss Edith Goodyear,B.Sc. , F .G.S., Frank Newbery Gossling, B .A. , Arthur Grieg,Sir Edward Richard Harrison, Miss Evelyn Mary Henley,Miss Jessie Mary King, Alec Grant Murray , Edward PritchardNicholson, Bernard William Ritso, M.lnst.C.E ., F .G.S., HaroldRoberts, Bernard Nicholas Ternperley, Ernest Wainwri ght , andThomas Leonard Warr, were elected members of the Associat ion.

Messrs. W. L. Turner and H. W. Com es were elected auditorssf accounts for the year 1926 .

The following paper was read :-" Glacial Tectonics asreflected in Disturbed Drift Deposits," Studies in the DriftDeposits of the south-western part of Suffolk. Part n. "TheStructure of the Disturbed Deposits in th e lower part of theGipping Valley near Ipswich." Part III. " The Structureof the Disturbed Deposits of the Hadleigh Road Area, Ipswich,"by George Slater, D.Sc., D.LC., A.R.eS.

ADDITIONAL M EETING, Friday, January z sst, Ig27·-A . J.Bull , M.Sc., F .G.S., President , in the chair.

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The following papers were read and discussed :-" Petro­graphy and Correlation of the Sedimentary Rocks of the TorquayPromontory." Section. n.-Permian Rocks-by W. G.Shannon, D.Sc., F.G.S.; "The Geology of the Lower Valley ofthe Gade "-by E. A. Merrett, M.Sc., F.G.S., and" The HeavyMinerals of the Keele, Enville, ' Permian' and lower TriassicRocks of the Midlands and the Correlation of these Strata"­by W. F. Fleet, M.Sc., F.G.S.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETIXG, Friday, February 4th, 1927.-A. J. Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Messrs. 1. Collins and D. M. e. Gill were appointed Scrutineersand the ballot was declared open.

The Annual Report of the Council was then read. It wasmoved by Mr. G. Carley, seconded by Miss Bigby and dulycarried :-" That the Report just read, including the statementof accounts, be adopted as the Annual Report of the Associationfor the year 1926."

On the certificate of the Scrutineers the Chairman declaredthe following duly elected Officers and Council for the ensuingyear :-

President, A. J. Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S.; Vice-Presidents, Prof.H. L. Hawkins, D.Sc., F.G.S., A. Morlev Davies, D.Sc., A.Re.S.,F.G.S., A. e. Young, F.e.S., H. Dewey, F.G.S., F. Gossling,B.Sc., F.G.S. Treasurer: A. E. Greene, M.A., B.Sc. Secre­taries: General, E. E. S. Brown, F.G.S.; Excursions, S. Hall,B.Sc., F.G.S. ; Publications Committee : G. S. Sweeting, F.G.S.Editor: A. K. Wells, D.Sc., F.G.S. Librarian: Miss R N.Yeates. Tseelce other Members of Council : e. P. Chatwin,F.G.S., Prof. W. T. Gordon, M.A., D.Sc., F.RS.E., F.G.S., J. F. N.Green, B.A., F.G.S., W. D. Lang, M.A., Sc.D., F.G.S., F.Z.S.,P. McIntyre, F.G.S., H. B. Milner, M.A., D.LC., F.G.S.,W. Campbell Smith, M.e., M.A., F.G.S., E. A. W. Taylor, B.Sc.,F.G.S., W. L. Turner, M.B.E., B.A., W. Wright, F.G.S., A.Wrigley and E. Yates.

It was moved by Mr. H. Major, seconded by Mr. e. F. Pilcher,and duly carried :-" That the best thanks of the Associationbe given to the Officers, to the retiring members of the Council,to the Auditors, and to the Scrutineers.

The Foulerton Award was presented to Mr. Arthur Wrigleyby the President.

The President then delivered the Annual Address, entitled :­" Some Aspects of the Mountain Building Problem."

On the motion of Mr. J. F. N. Green, seconded by Mr. W. L.Turner, it was resolved: "That the President's Address beprinted in full and circulated among the members."

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, February 4th, 1927·-A. J.Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Walter John Campion, M.e., Henry Clifford Darby, Wilbert

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James Dyack, Albert Alfred Fitch, John Stanislaus Gaynor,Richard ]. Hayman, George Vernon Hobson, Rev. FrancisHolmes, William Edmund Madden, Gordon Anstie Richards andRobert John Schaffer were elected members of the Association.

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, March 4th, 19Z7.-A. ]. Bull,M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Tewdwr Griffith Bowen Davies, John Henry Edwards, MissMargaret Lois Hope, Rees Ogwyn Jones, B.Sc., David LeslieLinton, George William Sneesby, B.Sc., and Miss Elsie AnnieWhite, were elected members of the Association.

Mr. G. W. Young, F.G.S., F.Z.S., exhibited several specimensof cleaved slates from Delabole (Upper Devonian) showingpeculiar markings of problematical origin.

The following paper was read :-" A Correlation of theBritish Permo-Triassic Rocks." Part II. " The Permo-Trias ofEngland and Wales south of the Pennines," by R L. Sherlock,D.Sc., A.R.CS., F.G.S.; and the following paper was' takenas read' :-" Occurrence and Mode of Origin of certain Kaolinite­bearing Nodules of the Coal Measures," by S. ]. Tomkeieff.

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, April rst, 1927.-A. ]. Bull,M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Miss Evelyn May Allen, Kenneth Arthur Davies, RodolphFrancis Guy Forber, William John Pugh, O.B.E., B.A., F.G.S.,B. Webster Smith, and Kenneth Eifion Williams were electedmembers of the Association.

The following lecture was delivered: "The Geology of theDolgelley District," by Dr. A. Kingsley Wells, F.G.S., and thefollowing paper was taken as read' :-" The Petrography ofthe Northampton Ironstone," by ]. G. A. Skerl, M.Sc., F.G.S.

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, May 6th, 1927.-A. ]. Bull,M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Duncan Ramsay Derry, William Launcelot Scott Fleming,the Hon. John Durival Kemp, Miss Kathleen McInerny, andWilliam Colin Campbell Rose, were elected members of theAssociation.

The following lectures were delivered :-" The Geologicalwork of the St. George Expedition to the Pacific Ocean," byL. ]. Chubb, M.Sc., and "The Geology of South-East Sussex"(Weald Research Committee communication), by H. B. Milner,M.A., D.I.C, F.G.S., A. J. Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S., G. S. Sweeting,F.G.S., and F. E. Eames.

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, June loth, 1927.-A. ]. Bull,M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

Arthur Joseph Aiers, Francis George Blyth, A.CG.I., B.Sc.D.I.C., Ewart Davies, B.Sc., Ronald Frederick Jessop, LeonardJ. Slack, and Albert Victor Weatherhead were elected membersof the Association.

The following lecture was delivered :-" Echinoid Illustra-

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tions of some Problems in Evolution," by Prof. H. L. Hawkins,D.Sc., F.G.S., and the following paper was 'taken as read' :­"The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the WestmorlandPennines and the Relations of the Pennine and Dent Faults,"by J Selwyn Turner, B.Sc., F.G.S.

ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, July 1St, 1927 :-Prof. A.Morley Davies, D.Sc., A.R.C.S., F.G.S., Vice-President, in thechair.

Miss Alice Bedford, Henry Blackman, A.R.S.I., GeorgeWilliam Briggs, Maurice Done Bushell, Miss Katherine M. H.Chapman, Geoffrey Cook, Edward Ashton Craven, John AnthonyHunt, Miss Mina Lightbown, and John Rutland Shawyer wereelected members of the Association.

The following lecture was delivered :-" The Geology of theEdinburgh District," by Sir John S. Flett, K.B.E., M.A., LL.D.,D.Sc., F.R.S., F.G.S., and the following papers were' taken asread' :-': The Petrography of the Malvern Quartzite, Holly­bush Sandstone and May Hill Sandstone exposed in the Eastnor(Herefordshire) District," by G. S. Sweeting, F.G.S., and"Mammalian and other remains from Pleistocene Gravel,Cockspur Street, London," by Miss Dorothea M. A. Bate.

AN OFFICIAL DINNER AND DANCE was held at the PalaceRooms, Palace Hotel, Bloomsbury, on November sth, 1927, 120members and friends attending.

ORDINARY MEETING, Saturday afternoon, November 5th, 1927.-A. J Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

William Baldwin, Miss Annie Byrne, John Lambert Foster,and Edward Martin Venables were elected members of theAssociation. The meeting was followed by the AnnualConversazione.

LIS T 0 F E X H I BIT S.The Director of H.M. Geological Survey of Great Britain :­

(a) Recently published British Geological Maps.(b) New r-inch Geological Map of the London District.(c) (By C. P. Chatwin). Fossils from the Ironsands of

Netley Heath, Surrey.(d) (By F. H. Edmunds). Wind-facetted pebbles and

samples of loess-like deposits from the GodalmingDistrict.

(e) (By A. F. Hallimond). An electromagnetic separatorfor powdered minerals and rocks.

The Association's Albums of Photographs.Selection of the Association's Publications.The Weald Research Committee-Combined Exhibit by the

Members.Dr. F. W. Bennett and H. H. Gregory-Some Swiss rocks and

map of Charnwood.

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W. H. Bennett-Some Slates showing faulting.H . C. Berdinner-Tertiary Plant Remains from Newington,

Kent.E . St . John Burton-London Clay Mollusca from Holtwood,

near Wimborne.G. E . Dibley-Special form of Secondary Deposits of Silica

from Keston and Bapchild, Kent.1. O. Evans.- Models of prehistoric animals. Posters illus­

trating :- (a) Evolution, (b) Prehistor ic art , geologicalnursery rhymes with illustrations.

C. T. A. Gaster.-Chalk fossils.Prof. W. T. Gordon .- Rocks, fossils and minerals collected on

the Edinburgh Excursion .]. F . N. Green.- Dalradian Volcanic Rocks from Tayvallich,

Argyllshir e.H. H. Gregory. - Specimens collected on the Dolgelley Excursion .W. E. Howarth.- Photographs taken on the Dolgelley E xcursion.F . J ones.-Photographs and graphs of Charnwood J ointing, etc .W. Lunn.- Specimens from Glacial Gravels, Golders Green.R. H. Porter.-Minerals and Rocks from the Perranport h

District of Cornwall.G. H. Richards.-Series of rough Gem Stones and Semi-p recious

Stones.Dr. L. D. Stamp.-Late Tertiary and Recent Volcanic Rocks of

Burma.A. H. Williams .-Scandinavian Rocks.A. Wrigley and A. G. Davis.-Eocene Fossils from various

localiti es collect ed during th e past year.ORDINARY MEETING, Friday, December znd, I927.-A. ].

Bull, l'1.Sc., F .G.S., President , in the chair .Miss Elsie A. Brown , F.R.G.S., Richard Davies, M.Sc.,

Edward George Fenner , B.A., Vivien Ernest Fuchs, L. A. Nara­yana Iyer, Shirley Langley, Sydney Lloyd, BiSc., SamuelWright Nicholson, Miss Muriel Orsma n , B .A., Miss Vera IreneSainty, Jack Shirley, Hallowell Charles Hermann Thomas, B.A.,Harry Ashley Toombs, John Walker Walton, F .G.S., andJohn Edward Wilson , F .G.S., were elected members of theAssociation.

The President announced tha t the Foulerton Award wouldbe given to Mr. A. G. Davis.

The following papers were read :-" Th e zoo-foot Platformin the London Basin," by S. W. Wooldridge, D.Sc ., F.G .S.,F.R.Met .Soc., and " On the Rock Groups of J ersey with specialreference to Intrusive Phenomena at Ronez," by A. KingsleyWells, D.Se., F .G.S., and S. W. Wooldridge, D.Sc. , F .G.S.,F .R.Met.Soc.