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The collection from Portland has been enriched by a present ot 

 Cycadeoidese from Professor Buckland : but that of the other Fossils 

 from this part of the series is very incomplete. 



From the Kimmeridge Clay, the Coral-rag, and Oxford Oolite, 

 the collection is very defective. 



The collection from the Great and Inferior Oolites has been im- 

 proved, but is still in many respects defective. 



The Fossils of the Lias are defective. 



There is a great want of the Fossils of the New Red Sandstone and 

 Magnesian Limestone. 



Coal-measures. There is a total want of specimens to illustrate 

 the character of the Millstone Grit and Upper Limestone Shale, 

 throughout the tract from Bristol to Yorkshire. 



Mountain Limestone. Collection of Fossils defective. 



Old Red Sandstone. A series of specimens of the various pebbles 

 of older rocks, which occur in the conglomerate of this formation, 

 is very much to be desired. 



The Specimens from the Transition and Primary Series of England 

 having been arranged, the Committee are enabled to make the 

 following observations. 



From Cornwall and Devonshire the series is good. 



From the Midland Counties of England, especially those bordering 

 on Wales, and from Wales itself, — with the exception of a very 

 valuable collection from Anglesea, presented by Professor Henslow, 

 — the collection is poor. 



As also is that from Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Northum- 

 berland, except of the Cheviot Hills. 



Of the Scotch collection, the secondary rocks had been partially 

 arranged before the Report of 1830. The Curator has, during the 

 past year, completed the arrangement ; and the collection is rich in 

 valuable specimens. 



Ireland. A valuable series from the South of Ireland has been 

 presented by Thomas Weaver, Esq. to accompany his Memoir on 

 that district. 



There is a small collection of specimens from the Isle of Man, and 

 a few from Guernsey and the other islands in the English Channel. 



The President has enriched the collection with one side of the slab 

 containing the Fossil Fox of GEningen, and has presented to the So- 

 ciety the whole of the extensive collections formed by him during his 

 last summer's geological tour through a very considerable part of 

 England. These are principally illustrative of the transition and 

 oolitic series. 



II. Foreign Collections. Some further progress has been made 

 in the arrangement of this part of the Museum. The principal 

 additions have been : 



1 . A collection of Fossil Bones from Wellington Valley in Austra- 

 lia, presented by Major Mitchell, Surveyor General in New South 

 Wales, and accompanied by a Memoir, Map, and Drawings. 



