| Administrative History | The Assistant Secretary was generally the first point of contact with the Society. As the post holder also acted as journal editor and frequently as Librarian & Museum Curator, the majority of the Society’s day-to-day business and administration came through his office.
Topics covered include:
• Fellows’ interaction with the Society, from their initial introduction, election, payment of fees, changes of circumstances, to finally resignation or notices of decease
• Submission and the editorial process of papers
• Circulation of the Society’s publications and maps
• Donations of material such as museum specimens, books and maps
• Recruitment of and recommendations for geologists for exploration surveys
• Notices and descriptions of new geological finds and other discoveries
• Award nominations and letters from awardees
• Contacts with international geological organisations and foreign geologists |