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A few marine species from Bridlington and from the London Clay, 

 by Mr. Charlesworth and Mr. Tennant. 



Chalk. — Six species only from this deposit have been added, in- 

 cluding a Hippurite from Kent, by Mr. Bunbury. 



Greensand. — A valuable addition has been made to this part of the 

 collection from Kent and the Isle of Wight, chiefly by Mr, Austen, 

 Captain Ibbetson and Prof. Forbes. Its importance is greatly in- 

 creased in consequence of the report which Prof. Forbes has made 

 upon it. 



Lias. — With the exception of some specimens from Deddington, 

 presented by Mr. Faulkner, nothing has been added to the oolitic 

 department of -the collection. 



Coal. — A single coal plant has been received from Mr. Dawes. 



Silurian. — Mr. Majendie and Mr. Hallam have added some desi- 

 rable specimens to this part of the collection. 



The additions made to the foreign collection are more extensive, 

 chiefly belonging to the Tertiary series. They consist of a series of 

 Miocene remains from Lisbon, a considerable number of species from 

 Gibraltar, a large series from Bordeaux, and a few specimens from 

 Madeira and Porto Santo. These have all been "presented by Mr. 

 Smith of Jordan Hill. The Earl of Enniskillen and Sir P. Egerton 

 have given a series from Egypt ; Sir W. Parish, Lieut. Spratt and 

 the Earl of Enniskillen one from Malta ; and Mr. Forbes and Lieut. 

 Spratt one from the freshwater deposits of Asia Minor. 



A series of Casts of Bones of the Dinornis has been presented by 

 the College of Surgeons. 



Secondary. — Mr. Smith has added a few specimens from Lisbon 

 and Gibraltar, and Captain Graves others from Lebanon. These 

 several additions have been arranged in drawers by Mr. Woodward, 

 and form a very valuable accession to this part of the collection. 



Your Committee have examined a large part of the collection, 

 both British and foreign, and they regret to observe that so consi- 

 derable a number of specimens are without specific names. They 

 therefore repeat the recommendation made by the .Museum Com- 

 mittee of 1843, "that all the species be described and named, and 

 that they be published in the Society's Proceedings." In further- 

 ance of this recommendation, a report on the fossils belonging to the 

 lower division of the Cretaceous series has been presented to the 

 Society by Prof. Forbes. This report your Committee recommend 

 should be published with as little delay as possible, and also that the 

 investigation be continued until the whole collection has been ex- 

 amined. 



Your Committee have ascertained that certain portions of the col- 

 lection lent to individuals for scientific purposes, with the sanction 

 of the Council, have not been returned : viz. crag fossils to Mr. Lons- 

 dale, some bones to Mr. Owen, and specimens from the London Clay 

 to Mr. Charlesworth. They have also been informed by the sub- 

 curator, that it has been the practice to borrow specimens under the 

 same restrictions as those which are adopted for lending the books. 

 To this practice your Committee express their decided objection, and 



