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lection of maps, have been more particularly felt and regretted: 

 but there is great reason to believe that these desiderata, at least, 

 will be speedily supplied. The public spirit of certain members 

 has induced them to open a subscription, which already amounts 

 to 600/. as tiie basis of a fund applicable to the purchase of new 

 ca!)inets and of the most useful books and maps. In justice to 

 the liberality of the subscribers, and for the information of those 

 who may wish to co-operate with them, the Council thought it 

 proper to state this circumstance to the Annual Meeting, observ- 

 ing, at the same time, that it is the wish of the jjarties with whom 

 the subscription originated, that it should be, in the strictest sense 

 of the word, voluntary; and that the only invitation to members 

 to contribute to the fund in question should be the knowledge 

 now communicated to them that such a fund is in existence. 



During the preceding year, the following papers have been 

 read at the meetings of the Society : 



A concise Account of the calcareous Rocks of Plymouth, con- 

 taining Remarks connected with, and Illustrations of, their Na- 

 tural History. By the Rev. Richard Hennah. — An Account of 

 the Rocks, with their Fossils, of the Coast extending from Brid- 

 port Harbour, Dorset, to Hope's Nose, the eastern Point of 

 Torbay, Devon. By H. J. De la Beche, Esq. M.C.S.— Obser- 

 vations on a new Pentacrinile from Lyme, a new Encrinns, and 

 a Briarean Pentacrinite. By Geo. Cumberland, Esq. Hon. Mem. 

 G.S. — Description of the Strata in the Brook I'ulcovca, near the 

 village of Great Pulcovca. By the Hon. W. T. H. F. Strang- 

 wavs, M.G.S. — Extract of a Letter to G. B. Greenoueh, Esq. 

 on the Island of Barbuda, in the West Indies. By Dr. Nugent, 

 Hon. Mem. G.S. — On the Geological Situation of the Ryegate 

 Firestone, and of the FuUers'-Earth at Nutfield. By Thomas 

 Webster, Esq. Sec. G.S. — Geological Description of the Vallev 

 of the Ligovca. By the Hon. W. T. H. F. Strangways, M.G.S.-l 

 Description of the Rocks which occur along a Portion of the 

 Coast of tiie Isle of Mull. By the Right Hon. Earl Compton, 

 Pres.G.S. — On the Smelting of Tin Ores in Cornwall and Devon- 

 shire. By John Taylor, Esq. Treas. G.S. — Extract of a Letter 

 from D.Scott, Esq. Commissioner at Cooch Behan, communi- 

 cated by H. J. Colebrooke, Esq. V^P. G.S. — On the Geological 

 Relations of the Environs of Tortworth, and of the Mendip Range 

 ill Somersetshire. By Thomas Weaver, Esq. — Some additional 

 Remarks upon the Fossils in the Vicinity of Lyme Regis, Dorset- 

 shire. By H. T. De la Beche, Esq. M.G.S.— A Sketch of the. 

 Geology of Antigua, accompanied by A coloured Map, sectional 

 Views, and a Collection of Specimens. By Nicholas Nugent,Esq. 

 Hon. Mem. G.S, — Notice respecting the Tottcnhoc Stone. By 

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