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merit of the collections. The greater part of last summer was neces- 

 sarily spent by the Curator in the field, and the fruits of his industry 

 and perspicuity are too well known to the Society, through the medium 

 of his admirable Memoir) to require any farther observation on this 

 head. 



The principal Donations which the Committee are called upon to 

 notice are the extensive suite of specimens from the formations on 

 the border counties of England and Wales, collected during the last 

 vacation by Mr. Murchison, who has also presented the skeleton of a 

 Dugong, specimens of Draco volans, and other Saurians. 



The Rev. T. T. Lewes, Mr. Proctor, and Mr. Jones have enriched 

 the English collection by extensive series of fossils from the Transi- 

 tion-beds of Herefordshire. 



To Francis Chan trey, Esq. the Society are indebted for a cast of the 

 noble specimen of Plssioscturus Dolichodeirus in the collection of the 

 Duke of Buckingham ; to Viscount Cole for a cast of his fine Plesio- 

 saurus Macrocephalus ; and to Mr. Thomas Hawkins for a cast of his 

 small, but beautifully perfect Plesiosaurus Dolichodeirus. 



The value of the Irish collection has been considerably augmented 

 by donations collected in the county of Fermanagh, by Viscount 

 Cole and Sir Philip Egerton, and presented by them to the Society. 



The Honourable Board of Directors of the East India Company 

 have contributed specimens of recent Palms and Cycadese ; and the 

 Asiatic Society of Calcutta have presented many cases of collections 

 from various parts of India. 



The Committee have the pleasure of reporting that the Library has 

 received, during the past year, many important additions, upwards of 

 one hundred volumes and pamphlets having been added to the cata- 

 logue, — and recommend that additional book-shelves be provided, the 

 number at present fixed not being sufficient for the works in the So- 

 ciety's possession. 



The rapid increase of the collections demands equivalent deposi- 

 tories ; and the Committee recommend that one set of cabinets be 

 added to those in the Foreign Museum, and two sets to those in the 

 English Museum, and that these additions should correspond with 

 the cabinets already in use in each department. 



WM. HENRY FITTON, V.P. 

 W. SOMERVILLE. 

 W. J. BRODERIP, 



Geological Society's Apartments, 

 Feb. 6th, 1833. 



