ANNIYERSART MEETING. 



The Library. 



Since the last Anniversary some important additions have been 

 made to the Library, both by gift and purchase. Amongst the 

 purchases may be mentioned Gaudry's ' Animaux Possiles de I'At- 

 tique,' Oppel's ' Palaeontologische Mittheilungen/ DoUfiiss' ' Faune 

 Kimmeridienne,' Nordmann's ' Palseontologie Siidrusslands,' the 

 ' Exploration de I'Algerie,' and Le Coq's large Map of Auvergne, in 

 sheets. 



The Map -collection has also been enlarged by the gift of a large 

 number of sheets of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, on the 

 1-inch and 6-inch scales, presented by the Director- General, Col. 

 Sir Henry James, F.G.S. ; a series of Geological and Topographical 

 Maps of parts of New Zealand, presented by Dr. Hochstetter ; some 

 of the sheets of the Geological Survey Map of the Netherlands, pre- 

 sented by His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands; six 

 sheets of Erdmann's ' Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning,' presented 

 by the Author ; the fifth edition of Sir R. I. Murchison's Geological 

 Maj) of England and Wales, presented by the Author ; and a number 

 of French charts, given by the Depot de la Marine. 



The Assistant-Secretary reports that he has found Mr. Horace 

 Woodward of much use in making Diagrams for the Evening-meet- 

 ings, and in doing the current work of the Library. 



J. GWYN JEFFREYS. 

 THOS. WILTSHIRE. 

 S. P. WOODWARD. 



Comparative Statement of the Number of the Society at the close of 

 the years 1863 and 1864. 



Dec. 31, 1863. Dec. 31, 1864. 



Compounders , . . . , 144 156 



Contributing Fellows 329 373 



Non- contributing FeUows 479 472 



952 1001 



Honorary Members 3 3 



Foreign Members ........ 47 48 



Foreign Correspondents . . 30 ....... . 39 



Personage of Royal Blood 1 1 



1033 1092 



