Minutes of the British National Committee for Geology First meeting held on 23 July 1959 Professor L Hawkes, Chairman reported the intial membershiop of the British National Committee for Geology as in document NGL/1 (59) and the terms of reference of British National Committees in general as 'the promotion of the branches of science with which they are concerned, more apparently as regards international requirements, the nomination of delegates to represent the UK at meetings of the Unions, and the intitiation of proposals or questions for discussion at such meetings'. Papers listed at rear of volume Meetings held: 1. 23 July 1959 2. 11 November 1959 3. 3 February 1961 4. 29 January 1962 5. 30 April 1963 6. 18 December 1963 7. 8 January 1964 8. 17 February 1965 9. 4 February 1965 10. 27 April 1965 11. 27 April 1965 12. 15 October 1965 13. 1 April 1966 14. 18 November 1966 15. 27 June 1967 16. 6 December 1967 17. 12 July 1968 18. 16 April 1969 19. 10 December 1968 20. 29 May 1969 21. 19 March 1970 22. 10 November 1970 23. 25 June 1971 23 July 1959 to 25 June 1971