The important observations made by Mr. Lamplugh among the “crush-conglomerates” of the Isle of Man suggest that the phenomena described by him may have a much wider range than had previously been supposed. Ever since I had the opportunity of going over his Manx evidence with him, I have suspected that some of the fragmental rocks which I myself have regarded as volcanic agglomerates might prove to be due, not to volcanic explosions, but to the same kind of underground movements which have undoubtedly given rise to the enormous masses of “crush-conglomerate” in the Isle of Man. The breccias of Anglesey seemed to me likely on renewed examination to prove to belong to the latter series. Accordingly I recently took occasion to revisit these rocks, both in the centre and along the north coast of the island. The result was entirely confirmatory of my suspicions. The breccias in question are, I now feel convinced, true crush-conglomerates.

In studying the rocks of Shropshire, I have paid some attention to the superficial deposits that lie irregularly scattered over the solid strata in the northern half of the county. They had previously been noticed by Miss C. Eyton, in her little book “On the Geology of North Shropshire,” while special areas occupied by them have been described by Mr. G. Maw, Mr. C. J. Woodward, and Mr. A. C. Nicholson. Nevertheless, it seemed to me that it would be useful to present a summary of my own observations on the district in question, at the same time incorporating in my notes the most important results of the work of preceding geologists.

During the re-survey of sheet 155 of the Geological Survey map by Mr. C. Fox Strangways, the writer was instructed to study the ancient rocks where they crop up inside the boundaries of the Trias. The ancient rocks of Charnwood Forest appear in isolated spots, sometimes of considerable size, through the Trias of the Midland Plain. The oldest rock in contact with them is the Carboniferous Limestone of Grace Dieu, which is dolomitized. Evidence as to their exact age cannot, therefore, be obtained from superposition.

The object of this communication is to place upon record the existence of Nummulitic rocks in South-Eastern Africa; the result of an examination of specimens brought me by their discoverer, Mr. David Draper, F.G.S., of Johannesburg, the enterprising Secretary of the Geological Society of South Africa.

The geology of the neighbourhood of Liverpool is not on a superficial view very attractive. Nevertheless, to those interested in physical geology it presents some phenomena worthy of careful study.

Some three years ago, when travelling in Devonshire, I had the opportunity of visiting some places on Dartmoor, and of collecting on the border of the Dartmoor Granite some specimens of rocks, which on closer examination seemed to be of general interest. Although I have not finished the examination of these, yet I have made some remarkable observations, which I should like to describe to the readers of this Magazine.

In the course of some traverses of the central region of Anglesey recently made, preparatory to mapping it out in detail, I observed a few facts which, in spite of the evident complexity of the structures, can, I think, be safely described before completion of the map, and are of some interest in connection with other recent researches in gneissose areas.

During the years 1890–2 an important boring was made in the Red Marl, rather under a mile NNE. of Altcar and nearly two miles east from Formby station. Previous to 1890, the formation was supposed not to exceed 400 feet in thickness, the amount proved at Birkdale many years ago.

The interesting section at Clava, near Inverness, was first examined geologically by Mr. James Fraser, C.E.; and his remarks on it were published in the Transactions of the Geological Society of Edinburgh, vol. iv, part 2, and in the Transactions of the Inverness Field Club, vol. ii.

The Globigerina Limestones of the Maltese Islands consist of a series of beds of varying character, the upper portions of which belong to the Lower Langhian, while the lower are referred to the Upper Aquitanian. The formation extends throughout both islands, but in the north-western and western portions it is masked by overlying beds of clays, greensands, and limestones, of Tortonian and of Helvetian age.