that as the result of 200 appHcations, only £\ is. has 

 been received as an additional annual subscription. Still 

 the hope must be entertained that so useful and excellent 

 a museum, far better than most county towns possess, 

 will not be allowed to remain without some advance and 

 improvement suitable to an age of progress, and when a 

 desire for scientific knowledge is so rapidly increasing. 

 Notwithstanding the disappointing result of the appeal 

 recently made, the Council feel assured that a Society 

 founded with so desirable an object, by gentlemen whose 

 names and memories will not readily be forgotten, and 

 valuable collections brought together by their zeal 

 and liberality will not be permitted to suffer for want of 

 timely assistance from those who may now benefit by 

 the advantages offered by the results of their labours. 



Though some of the desiderata have been filled up, 

 there are several formations which are still very defective, 

 amongst which may be enumerated the following : — The 

 Eocene Tertiaries, especially those of the Ryde, Cowes, 

 Sconce, Headon Hill, Hordwell, Barton and Bracklesham, 

 London Clay fossils, from Sheppy and Bognor, Upper 

 and Lower Greensand, Great Oolite, Devonian and Lower 

 Silurian will be very acceptable. The aid of the Members 

 is particularly requested in procuring fossils from the 

 County, especially those of the Lias, Keuper, and Permian, 

 as it should be the chief aim of all local Museums to 

 have as fine a suite as possible from the strata which 

 occur in the immediate neighbourhood, and this the 

 Warwickshire Natural History Society has endeavoured 

 to carry out. 



