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M. Dollo,—The Reptilian and Batrachian Faunas of the Upper Secondary and the 
Tertiary strata of Belgium have only of late years become generally known to 
geologists. That the scientific world is now better informed concerning the wonderful 
remains of Cretaceous Dinosaurs, Mosasaurs, and Crocodiles, and both Cretaceous 
and Tertiary Chelonia from the Belgian beds is in great part due to your descriptions. 
In awarding to you the Balance of the Lyell Fund the Council of the Geological 
Society hope to aid you in prosecuting further researches. 
M. Dotto, in reply, said :—Mr. President,—I beg to express my acknowledgments 
for the honour which has been bestowed upon me by the Geological Society. This 
encouragement will stimulate my energies in the field of paleontology, and my greatest 
and sincere desire is that I may, on any occasion, render myself useful to the Geo- 
logical Society of London, and fully deserving of the favour which it has been pleased 
to confer upon me. The nature of the researches to which I have devoted these last 
years has afforded me the advantage of frequent intercourse with many of the pale- 
ontologists in this country; and I wish on this occasion to express to them my 
indebtedness for the many encouragements I have received. 
The President then read his Anniversary Address, in which, after 
giving obituary notices of Mr. W. Hellier Baily, Prof. H. Carvill 
Lewis, Vice-Admiral T. A. B. Spratt, Viscount Eversley, Mr. John 
Brown, Mr. W. Ogilby, and other deceased Fellows, together with 
notices of the Foreign Members and Correspondents of the Society 
who have died since the last Anniversary Meeting (Prof. Gerhard 
Vom Rath, Prof. T. Kjerulf, Prof. Giuseppe Meneghini, and Prof. 
Giuseppe Seguenza), he noticed the papers which had been pub- 
lished by the Society during the past year. The remainder of the 
Address consisted chiefly of a discussion of the work of the Inter- 
national Congress from its commencement to the last Meeting in 
London in 1888, and dwelt upon the influence which such meetings 
exercise upon the progress of geological science, quite apart from 
any formal resolutions which may be arrived at by the Members. 
The Ballot for the Council and Officers was taken, and the following were duly 
elected for the ensuing year :— President: W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S. Vice- 
Presidents : John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.; Prof. T. M‘Kenny Hughes, M.A. ; 
Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S.; Prof. J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S. Secretaries: W. H. 
Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.; J. E. Marr, Esq., M.A. Foreign Secretary : Sir 
Warington W. Smyth, M.A., F.R.S.  Treaswrer : Prof. T. Wiltshire, M.A., F.L.S. 
Council: Prof. J. F. Blake, M.A.; W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S.; Prof. T. G. 
Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.; James Carter, Esq. ; John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., 
P.R.S.; L. Fletcher, Esq., M.A.; A. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S.; Prof. A. H. 
Green, M.A., F.R.S.; Rev. Edwin Hill, M.A.; W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., 
F.R.S.; Prof. T. M‘Kenny Hughes. M.A.; Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S.; Major-Gen. 
C. A. McMahon; J. E. Marr, Esq., M.A.; E. T. Newton, Esq.; Prof. J. 
Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S.; F. W. Rudler, Esq. ; Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.S.; Sir 
Warington W. Smyth, M.A., F.R.S.; W. Topley, Esq., F.R.S.; Rev. G. F. 
Whidborne, M.A.; Prof. T. Wiltshire, M.A., F.L.s.; Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A. 
IJ.—February 20, 1889.—W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R S., President, 
in the Chair.—The following communications were read : 
1. “On the Cotteswold, Midford, and Yeovil Sands, and the divi- 
sion between Lias and Oolite.” By S. 8. Buckman, Esq., F.G.S. 
After giving a short sketch of the work and opinions of other 
writers, the author proceeded with the evidence on which his own 
views are based. He described a series of sections of the typical 
exposures of “Sands” and contiguous strata, commencing near 
Stroud and terminating on the Dorset coast. Dividing the series 
