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To two of our Members, Thomas Pease and Robert 

 Arthington, Esqrs., the Museum has been indebted for 

 some interesting and valuable Fossils. To the former, 

 from the newer Pliocene formations of the Island of 

 Malta, and the Lias of Bristol ; and to the latter, for 

 a fine series of specimens illustrating the structure of 

 the Pear Encrinite, (Apiocrinites RofundusJ, from the 

 Bradford Clay, of which formation it is so characteristic 

 a species. 



To enable these numerous additions to be placed 

 in their relative order of super-position, the entire 

 Geological collection has been re-arranged; and it is 

 confidently hoped that the great end and aim of such 

 collections (that of imparting scientific knowledge prac- 

 tically) will, in this department at least, be answered, 

 and appreciated by those who may seek its aid. 



To the Library also, two or three accessions demand 

 especial notice. The Transactions of the American 

 Philosophical Society at Philadelphia have been presented 

 by that body as a gratifying mark of the friendly feeling 

 which exists between Societies widely separated, but 

 having one common object to accomplish — that of the 

 diffusion and promotion of literature and science. To 

 the Geological Society of London we are indebted for 

 the liberal offer of presenting their Quarterly Geolo- 

 gical Journal ; and to the munificence of Miss Benett, 

 for the Transactions of the Geological Society of 

 London, from the commencement to the year 1837> 



