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of tlie close connection which exists between the later cave 

 fauna of England and that whicli now exists in Siberia. 



It would be higlily desirable that a catalogue should be 

 published of the more important fossils we possess. If 

 such were done in connection with other local museums it 

 would much facilitate reference, and consequently the 

 study of minute Geology. 



The ouly fossil of importance we have received during 

 the past year is a portion of the skeleton of a veiy large 

 ichthyosaur, from Stoke St. Mary— I believe the first 

 found in that locality. For this we are indebted to the 

 kindness of ISIr. Arthur Jones, our excellent secretary. 



Our deficiencies in this department occur in the coal 

 bearing and seoondary formations, although we possess 

 many fine specimens, the localities of but few are known, 

 and, as I stated before, the collection is useless in the 

 present state of Geology without them ; it makes a fair 

 show to the eye, but is useless for the purposes of science. 

 It is, therefore, earnestly requested by the Committee of 

 Management that those who take such an interest in our 

 work as to favour us with specimens, should take care to 

 affix to each individual fossil or rock specimen a short 

 Statement of the exact circumstances of its occurrence, 

 including height of bed, its relative position to other beds, 

 and any other detail of interest which may occur. 



In addition to the collection of fossils it would be very 

 desirable to form a good and well-arranged collection of 

 rock specimens attached to each division of the geological 

 serics, so as to show the different descriptions of rock 

 which are bedded in each formation, as well as the varia- 

 tions of the sarae bed in different districts. This might 

 be attained if the members of the Society were to make a 

 well classified collection of each rock they may know of in 



