﻿ANNUAL REPORT. 



xiii 



1850. 



cudbrightshire, by Robert Harkness, Esq.; communicated by 



Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 

 Dec. 4th. — Description of the Graptolites of the Black Shales of 



Dumfriesshire, by Robert Harkness, Esq. ; communicated by Sir 



R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 

 Report on the Coal Mines near Erzeroom (forwarded 



from the Foreign Office, by order of Viscount Palmerston). 

 Dec. 18th. — On theEpioliticRocksof the Venetian Alps, by Professor 



T. A. Catullo ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 

 — On the Origin of the Mineral Springs of Vichy, by 



Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 

 Report on a New Combustible Substance (Punger- 



nite) discovered in Russia (forwarded from the Foreign Office, by 



order of Viscount Palmerston). 

 1851. 



Jan. 8th. — On the Volcanic and Tertiary Strata of the Isle of Mull, 

 by His Grace the Duke of Argyll ; communicated by the Pre- 

 sident. 



On the Estuary Beds and the Oxford Clay of Loch 



Staffin, in the Isle of Skye, by Prof. E. Forbes, V.P.G.S. 

 Jan. 22nd. — Memorandum respecting Choristopetalum impar and 



Cyathophora (?) elegans, by William Lonsdale, Esq., F.G.S. 

 On the Superficial Accumulations of the Coasts of 



the English Channel, and the Changes they indicate, by R. A. C. 



Austen, Esq., F.G.S. 

 , On supposed Casts of Footsteps in the Wealden, by 



S. H. Beckles, Esq. ; communicated by the President. 

 Feb. 5th.— On the Silurian Rocks of the South of Scotland, by Sir 



R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 



After the Reports had been read, it was resolved, — 



That they be received and entered on the Minutes of the Meeting ; 



and that such parts of them as the Council shall think fit, be printed 



and distributed among the Fellows. 

 It was afterwards resolved, — 



1. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir Charles Lyell, 

 retiring from the office of President. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir Henry Thomas 

 De la Beche and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, retiring from the 

 office of Vice-President. 



3. That the thanks of the Society be given to the Right Rev. the 

 Bishop of Oxford, Charles Darwin, Esq., Rev. P. B. Brodie, Dr. Lyon 

 Playfair, and L. L. B. Ibbetson, Esq., retiring from the Council. 



After the Balloting Glasses had been duly closed, and the lists 

 examined by the Scrutineers, the following gentlemen were declared 

 to have been duly elected the Officers and Council for the ensuing 

 year : — 



