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ORDINARY MEETING.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND, 1885.

HENRY HICKS, E sq., M.D ., F.G.S., President, in the Chair.

The donations to th e Library since the previous meeting wereannounced, and the thanks of th e A ssociation were accorded to thedonors.

The following were elected members of the Association :-HoraceT. Brown, F.G.S. j J ames Howard j C. H. Oakes j George Pat­t erson.

Messrs. W. V. Murray and W. H. Bartlett were elected A uditors.The following papers were th en read :-" On some recent views concerning the geology of the North­

west Highlands," by Henry Hicks, M.D., F.G.S., during ther eading of which the chair was taken by W. H. Hudleston, E sq.,M.A., F.R.S" &c. j and

" Palseolithic Man of th e Thames Valley in North-west Middle­sex," by J. Allen Brown, F .R.G.S. (Withd1'awn.)

ON SOME RECENT V IEWS COXCE RNUW THE GEOLOGY OF THE

N ORTH-'VEST H IG HL ANDS OF S COTLAND.

By HE NRY HI CKS, M.D., F. G.S., President.

CONTENTS:

I.-Introduction.-a. In dicati ons of the close of the Highland contro versy.h. Origin of th e controversy. c. Sir R. Murchison's views. d. Prof.Nicol's objection to Murchison's views. e. History of the controversyto the year 1878.

n.-Re.opening of the cont roversy by th e Author in 1878.-a. Reason forobjecting to Murchison's views. b. Agrees in the muin with Nicol'sviews, but differs from him on some points. c. Reasons why specialreference should be made to papers published since 1878. '

lII.-Section at Loch Maree and Auchnasheen.-a. Line of Sec.t ion, b. Nicol's description. c. Murchi son and Geik ie's interpreta­tion. d. Author's views of the Section in 1878, and divisions of theSeries. e. The so-call ed. intrusive mass in Glen Laggan. j. Hudlestonand Bonney's views on th e so-called intrusive mass. g. The GlenDocherty Series of the Author. h. The apparent unconformity in GlenDocherty. i. The evidence furnished by the rocks of Ben Fyn,Mulart, &c. k, Evidence that many of the Western and Easterngneisses are identical. l. Lines mainly affected by faults, and theprevailing directions of the faults.

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