Vol. 13, part 1st. A large and valuable 

 Silver Medal of George the 1st, and another 

 of John the 3rd of Poland, were purchased by- 

 subscription, and presented to the Museum. 



The valuable fossil Fishes which were sent to the 

 Geological Societ}'*s apartments in London, for 

 the accommodation of Professor Louis Agassiz, 

 as stated in the last Annual Report, have not yet 

 been returned ; but the Secretaries have been 

 assured, by the Professor himself, of their perfect 

 safety. 



In the reading of Essays, but little progress 

 has been made : — two only, (with the exception 

 of the excellent "Remarks on Gothic Architec- 

 ture,'* now communicated) have been read 

 before the Society since last Annual Meeting. 

 The first was from the pen of John Mewburn, 

 Esq., of Stamford, near the Falls of Niagara, a* 

 zealous and highly esteemed Honorary Member 

 of the Society, and formerly one of the Curators 

 of the Museum, "On the Natural History and' 

 Agriculture of Upper Canada." It was highly 

 interesting, and gave great satisfaction. The 

 second Essay was. from the pen of another 

 learned and zealous Honorary Member, Sir 

 John Byerley, Knt. F.R.S, Lit. &c. &c., who 

 being on a visit at Whitby, did the Society the 

 the honour to read the Essay himself. It was on 

 the "Theory of the Motion of the Poles on the 

 Earth, conformably to their appearance in the 



