From Mr. Martin Simpson we have received a new 

 species of Ammonite, and a very fine and large speci- 

 men of Am Maculatus, with twenty Belemnites, and 

 some other fossils from the lias; from Mr. W. N. Clark- 

 son a rare Ammonite ; and from Mr. Morley, a very 

 fine, rare, and curious Ammonite from Robin H. Bay. 



Mrs. Mansfield of Woburn, Bedfordshire, has sent 

 us a pair of curious Canadian gaiters. 



These additions, though neither very numerous nor 

 very bulky, are yet sufficiently so to furnish a reason 

 for again urging upon the members of the Society, the 

 expediency, if not the necessity, of providing addition- 

 al room for the collection ; and as there appears to be 

 little or no prospect of soon obtaining adequate funds 

 for the erection of a new building, your Council would 

 recommend for serious and immediate consideration, 

 the suggestion of Mr. M. Simpson, to endeavour to 

 obtain from the Bath Company, the building now oc- 

 cupied by the Baths, Library and Museum conjointly. 

 There is reason to believe that it might be purchased 

 on very favourable terms, and that, without any con- 

 siderable additional expenditure, it might be so altered 

 as to afford sufficient room for the additions of many 

 years, without any interference with the rooms now 

 occupied by the Library. That such an arrangement 

 would be convenient for both societies, cannot reason- 

 ably be doubted, and it is hoped that no material diffi- 

 culties will be found to impede its accomplishment. 



