4 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
the important district of Dudley; Devonian limestones 
with corals ; stalactites from the Holwell Cave, and from 
the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky ; fossil madrepores ; speci- 
mens of ore containing silver and copper, from Ashburton ; 
casts of ancient British coins ; silver Roman coins ; geo- 
logical and other maps ; cases of birds from the Himalaya 
and Demerara ; shells from the Black Sea, and numerous 
other important additions to the Society’s museum, many 
of which are already recorded in the last publication of 
the Society. A complete list of the remainder, with the 
names of the donors or depositors, will appear in the next 
annual volume. 
“ A sub-committee has been appointed to classify these 
and previous donations and deposits, and to draw upa cata- 
logue for the convenience of the members and visitors. 
“Your Society has sustained a severe loss in the death 
of one of their Vice-Presidents, Andrew Crosse, Esq., who 
took so lively an interest in the well-being of the Society, 
and whose scientific zeal and attainments reflected so much 
lustre on this his native county. 
“The annual volume has been issued to those members 
who are entitled according to the rules to receive it— 
namely, those who have paid up their subscriptions; and 
it is hoped that this volume will not be deemed in any way 
inferior, either as to the matter it contains or the execution 
of the illustrations, to those which have preceded. 
“ An opportunity having occurred of purchasing some 
valuable casts of sculptures from Wells Cathedral— of the 
originals of which Flaxman says, “It seems to be the 
earliest specimen of such magnificent and varied sculp- 
ture united in a series of sacred history that is to be 
found in western Europe’—the Committee have availed 
themselves of it ; but at the same time must appeal to the 
