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The Committee regret that the Kingsley Memorial is not 
further advanced, but there have been unavoidable delays ; one 
difficulty has been the getting a medal struck with a good like- 
ness, but this is now in a fair way of being accomplished, as 
Mr. Bett has undertaken the work, and in the course of the 
year it is hoped such arrangements will be completed as may 
enable your Committee to carry out the entire design for which 
the memorial fund was collected, and thus give a further stim- 
ulus to the study of Natural Science in this City. 
The value of the Library has been considerably increased 
during the past year, the Society having purchased a complete 
set of the works published by the Paleontographical Society ; 
also, 10 volumes by the Ray Society. There have been further 
donations of books from F. Ports, Esq., and J. W. Jupp, Esq., 
F.G.S., for which the best thanks of the Society are tendered. A 
complete catalogue of the books in the Society’s Library is now 
ready (price one penny), and may be had by the Members, so 
as to give them an opportunity of judging how far the books 
may be likely to assist them in any particular branch of science 
they may be studying. 
The Museum is in good order, and has, since the last Annual 
Meeting, been enriched by contributions from the PRESIDENT, 
also from Mr, C. W. Ports, who has supplied some interesting 
specimens of Lead-ore, Mr. F. Ports, Mr. Joun Price, 
Mer. Porrer, Mr. Roserts, of Dolgelly, Mr. W. Suone, Junr., 
Mr. Surupsote, Mr. Suepouarpd, Mr. A. O. Watker, and 
Mr. Gro. Wraccs. Our Corresponding Member, Mr. T. Ruppy, 
of Corwen, has sent us an interesting collection of fossils from 
the Wenlock shale and Bala beds of his neighbourhood. The 
arrangement of a set of typical rock specimens has been 
completed this year, being one of the last of many kind and 
gratuitous favours rendered to the Society by Mr, Macxkrnrosu. 
On Mr. MacxrntosH leaving Chester there was a general 
feeling amongst our Members that some slight recognition should 
be made of the high esteem in which he had been held during 
the time he had resided amongst us; and we were able, at one 
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