been convinced that two new Societies ought to be 

 established for the furtherance of the interests 

 of Geological Science, namely, a Mineralogical 

 and a Malacological and Conchological. Hewould 

 willingly render any aid in his power to the 

 estabhshment of the former or Mineralogical Society, 

 but he feels that the formation of such a Society 

 would require much greater influence than he is pos- 

 sessed of, seeing that the study of Minerals is scarcely 

 attended to at the present time. 



He will attempt the formation of the latter or Ma- 

 lacological and Conchological Society, and with this 

 view he proposes as follows : — 



1 . That a Society be formed, to be called The Mala- 



cological and Conchological Society of London. 



2. That the objects of this Society be — 



1 . The formation of a Library to consist of 

 all works connected with the Malacological and 

 Conchological Sciences in all their bearings; 



2. The formation of Collections of speci- 

 mens, drawings and descriptions of MoUusca and 

 of Collections of Shells, both recent and fossil, 

 with a view to an improved classification and 

 nomenclature, and to the comparison and identi- 

 fication of recent and fossil species. 



3. The publication from time to time of such 

 new and important facts as may come under the 

 notice of the Society, and also the publication 



