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CONTENTS.

I. Memoir of the Society,

II. Papers on General Subjects (not being local) read before the Edin-

burgh Geological Society, from 1862-66,

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III. Scottish Local Papers read before the Edinr. Geological Society,

THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, 31st

OCTOBER 1866.

Opening Address, by David PagE, F.G.S., F.R.S E.,

THURSDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER 1866.

I. On the Lower Carboniferous Rocks, exposed in the Excavation for

the foundation of the City of Glasgow Bank, Hanover Street. By GEORGE

C. HASWELL. (With woodcut Section),

II. Communication on Graptolites, with Notice of two species of that

Family from the Upper Silurian Strata of the Pentland Hills. By D. J.

BROWN. (Title only),

III. On the Old Sea Beaches of Loch Etive, and the Agencies by which

they have been formed, with Observations on the evidence afforded by

Tide-Gauges of the Extent of Elevation or Subsidence of Sea Coast. By

RODERICK A. F. A. COYNE. (Title only),

CONVERSAZIONE, THURSDAY, 6TH DECEMBER 1866.

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On the Geological Life Periods. By DAVID PAGE, F.G.S., F.R.S.E.,

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THURSDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 1866.

I. On the Occurrence of a Submerged Forest at West Hartlepool, and

its relation to similar Phenomena along the Eastern Shores of the British

Islands. By DAVID PAGE, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. (Title only),

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II. Exhibition of Carboniferous Fossils from the Coal Fields of Lanark-

shire. By JOHN R. S. HUNTER. (Title only),

III. On the Occurrence of Fossils in the Old Red Sandstone of West-

moreland. By Dr HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, D.Sc., M.B., F.G.S.,
IV. Notice of Slimonia Acuminata, from the Silurian Rocks of the

Pentland Hills. By JOHN HENDERSON,

Lecture in Hall of Museum of Science and Art "On Geological Time."

By ARCH. GEIKIE, F.R.S., .

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THURSDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY 1867.

I. On the Past, Present, and Future of the Scottish and Welsh Mineral

Oil Trades. By ANDREW TAYLOR. (Abstract),

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II. On the Rhizopoda, and their Importance in various Geological Forma-

tions. By J. HENRY CAMPBELL. (Abstract),

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THURSDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY 1867.

I. Short Notice of the Shell Heap at Cramond, lately excavated by the

direction of the Society. By GEORGE LYON. (Title only),

II. Short Notice of three species of Trilobites from the Silurian Beds of

the Pentland Hills. By JOHN HENDERSON,

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