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ticular manner, to the Curator for his great attention to the 

 interests of the Society, and for his excellent arrangement of the 

 mineralogical cabinet. 



4. To the agents of the Gwallan Mine for their donation of 

 el vans. 



5. To Mr. Richard Moyle, Assistant-Secretary, for his valu- 

 able map, plans, and drawings, illustrative of the geology of 

 western Cornwall ; and to Mr. W. Teague, Jun. for his plan and 

 sections of Huel Peever and Treskirby Mines. 



Resolved — That tamping bars be made in Penzance, on the 

 plan recommended by Mr. Chenhalls, under the inspection of 

 the Secretary; that he be requested to cause to be printed, on 

 cheap paper, such an accurate description of the manner of mak- 

 ing and repairing them as will enable any common blacksmith to 

 manufacture them therefrom ; that these papers be transmitted 

 to the agents of all the great mines in the county, and also to 

 the minister of every parish. 



Comparative View of the Number of Members. — Last anniver- 

 sary, 166 ; removed and dead, 12 ; elected this year, 1 8 ; total, 1 72. 



Officers and Council for the present Year. — President : Davies 

 Gilbert, Esq. M.P. F.R.S. &c. &c. 



Vice-Presidents. — Sir C. Hawkins, Bart.; F. H. Rodd, Esq.; 

 W. Rashleigh, Esq. ; Rev. John Rogers. 



Secretary. — John Forbes, M.D. 



Treasurer. — Henry Boase, Esq. 



Libratian. — Rev. C. V. Le Grice, A.M. 



Curator. — Edward C. Giddy, Esq. 



Assistant-Secretary . — R. Moyle, Jun. Esq. 



The Council. — Joseph Carne, Esq.; L. C. Daubuz, Esq.; 

 Stephen Davey, Esq. ; R. W. Fox, Jun. Esq. ; H. M. Grylls, 

 Esq. ; W. R. Hill, Esq. ; Rev. W. Hockin ; Samuel John, Esq. ; 

 Capt. E. Scobell, R.N. ; H. P. Tremenheere, Esq. 



XVI. Northern Expedition. 



A considerable number of animals and other objects of natural 

 history have been brought home by the different ships composing 

 the northern expedition. The animals consist chiefly of birds 

 and zoophytes ; some of which are new. We are promised an 

 account of these for the next number. 



XVII. Serpentine. 



The serpentine is a rock possessed of well marked characters, 

 so that it is easily recognized ; yet the difference between various 

 specimens is so great that one cunnot help suspecting that it is 

 either a mixture of different species, or at least that it very fre- 

 quently contains foreign matter mixed with the genuine serpen- 

 tine in such a way that the eye cannot distinguish between the 

 pure stone and the mixture. This notion is further strengthened 

 by comparing: together the different analyses of this mineral 



