NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE COAE-FIEM) ORGANIC REMAINS. 



" . 



4. He does not say whence he proposes to obtain the above mentioned 

 portable instruments, nor does he say anything concerning the tabulation of 

 the photograms of the self- registering instruments ; nor of the reduction of 

 the observations, nor of their application to theoretical conclusions. Neither 

 does Professor Moritz give cause to believe that he has had, as yet, the neces- 

 sary experience to enable him to establish a regular magnetical observatory. 

 (I pointedly made inquiries of him on this very subject in my second letter, 

 dated Feb. 3.) 



" The final paragraph of Professor Moritz's letter is his own version of what 

 took place at the Bath Meeting, and for that he is alone responsible. It appa- 

 rently has formed part of some report he has made to the Grand Duke, who 

 commissioned him to attend the Meeting. 



" I herewith return your letter of Nov. 9, addressed to the General Secretary. 

 It has formed the basis of both my letters to Professor Moritz. 



" Yours very faithfully, 



" Major- General Sabine, E.A." " Francis Galton." 



On the receipt of Mr. Galton's letter of Feb. 7 I wrote to M. Kupffer, 

 then at St. Petersburg, referring to the resolution passed at Bath, and to 

 Professor Moritz's communication with Mr. Galton, and expressing a desire 

 to be guided by his advice in any further step which it might be advisable to 

 take. 



It had been previously arranged between M. Kupffer and myself that he 

 shoidd be in London in April or May of this year, for the purpose of discuss- 

 ing many questions bearing on magnetical and meteorological observations. 

 In reply to my letter he referred to his proposed visit to London as a 

 suitable time to discuss fully the subject of Professor Moritz's wisbes, at 

 which discussion it was my intention to have asked Mr. Galton and the 

 members of the Committee joined with myself in the resolution of the General 

 Committee to be present. But in May I received the intelligence of M. 

 Kupffer's unexpected death, and I have not yet learnt who has been, or is to 

 be; appointed bis successor. Edward Sabine. 



September 1, 1865. 



Appendix to Report of the Committee on the Distribution of the Verte- 

 brate Remains from the North Staffordshire Coal Field. By John 

 Young, M.D., F.R.S. Edinb. 



In the large series of specimens obtained by Mr. Molyneux, the genus 

 Palceoniscus is numerically the most important. The vast majority of the 

 specimens are referable to two species, P. ornatissimus and P. Egertoni. The 

 variations in the proportions of the body and sculpture of the scales admit of 

 a series being established so gradual that at no point can a sharp distinction 

 be drawn between the two species. The occurrence on individuals in this 

 series, of scales identical with those of P. monensis, renders it probable that the 

 last-named species, founded on isolated scales from Anglesea, is only a variety 

 of the North Staffordshire forms, the difference in conjectured bulk being 

 perhaps due to local conditions. A small number of specimens belong to 

 P. striolatus or P. Robisoni. The comparison of these specimens, and others 

 elsewhere, with the types in the Royal Society's collection at Edinburgh, raise 

 doubts iu the writer's mind as to the distinctness of the two species. In 



