ANNUAL, REPORT. lU 



especially for their joint Memoir on " The Fossils of the older deposits 

 in the Rhenish Provinces," published in the Transactions of the 

 Society. The Council have further resolved, that the balance of the 

 proceeds of the WoUaston Donation Fund be avparded to M. de 

 Koninck, in consideration of his many valuable works on Palaeonto- 

 logy, and in order to assist him in the publication of his VFork on 

 Encrinites, novp in progress. 



Report of the Museum and Library Committee. 



The Lower Museum. 



In this department, Mr. Jones has placed in their proper dravpers, 

 all the nevF specimens which have been presented to the Society, 

 which include many valuable additions to our Museum. Two glass- 

 cases have been prepared to contain a selection from Captaui Jones's 

 valuable collection of Fish from the Mountain Limestone. 



A Cabinet has also been added for the collection of rock-specimens 

 selected by Mr. Pratt, which will be arranged as soon as that gentle- 

 man returns to England. 



Mr. Pratt has carried on most zealously the arrangement of the 

 collection of minerals placed in the Library, which now forms a most 

 interesting portion of the Society's Museum. 



Foreign Museum. 



Mr. Jones has completed the geographical arrangement of the 

 Rock-specimens commenced and carried out by Mr. Pratt, by placing 

 in order the specimens from India, Egypt, and Australia. 



Considerable progress has also been made by Mr,. Jones in carrying 

 on the arrangement of the Fossil-specimens on the scheme suggested 

 and commenced by the Committee appointed two years ago : his labours 

 have been principally directed to the collections from North and South 

 Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. In this department, the Committee 

 call particular attention to the large collection of Palaeozoic and 

 Secondary Fossils sent from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Bain. 



Mr. Jones has prepared a separate collection of Nummulites both 

 British and Foreign, which has been enriched by presents of English 

 specimens from Mr. Jones himself, Belgian from Sir Charles Lyell, 

 and many specimens from the Alps, the Carpathians, and the Hima- 

 layas from Sir R. I. Murchison; specimens from Spain also have been 

 presented by Mr. Pratt, and from Asia Minor by Mr. Hamilton. 



The Library. 



The usual attention has been paid to the binding and cataloguing 

 the additions to the Library, which have been very considerable. 



During the past year, the Geological Maps of the Survey of Great 

 Britain have been mounted on cahco, in accordance with the decision 

 of the Council, and the Sections of the Survey are being proceeded 

 with in the same manner. 



With the assistance of Mr. Tiffin, whose services were temporarily 

 granted by the Council, Mr. Jones has been enabled to bring into 



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