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 In the Oolitic Series also, there has been an increase 

 of two hundred specimens from the Kelloway Rock, 

 by the donation of one of your Honorary Members, 

 (RoBT. Hall, Esq.) Lastly, the upper Carboniferous 

 group has been enriched by the gift of the Curator in 

 Geology of two hundred Fossil Plants, from those 

 valuable deposits of a former Flora — Gristhorp Bay 

 and Stainton Dale, on the Yorkshire Coast. It is to 

 be regretted, however, that more illustrations of the 

 Geology of our own neighbourhood have not been 

 received: since one of the principal objects of Pro- 

 vincial Institutions should be the collection of speci- 

 mens which occur in their own localities, and thus ex- 

 hibit to the visiter the Geology peculiar to the district. 

 This observation, however, though peculiarly appli- 

 cable, from the richness of our Coal-field and Sand- 

 stone formation in examples, of the primeval flora of 

 this portion of the Island, is not in the least intended 

 to undervalue the acquisition of specimens from other 

 counties, or more distant parts of the globe. On the 

 contrary, the Society will be most happy to receive 

 additions from any locality; and especially those be- 

 longing to formations of which the Museum is defi- 

 cient : as the London Clay, Wealden Clay, Portland 

 Oolite, Bath Oolite, Forest Marble, New Red Sand- 

 stone. 



In the Zoological Department, several highly inte- 

 resting additions will be recognized. The Osteological 



