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ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



three times as great as in 1849. After deducting this extraordinary- 

 expenditure, there is still a balance in favour of the Society upon 

 the last three years of £168 10s. 2d. 



The number of compounders at the close of 1849 was 131, and at 

 the close of 1850, 132; two having died, and three Fellows having 

 compounded during the year, whose compositions have been invested 

 in the Funds. The total amount received from these 132 compounders 

 is £4158. The amount of Stock held at the close of 1849 was 

 £3597 105. 5d., and at the close of 1850 £3695 3*. 3d. ; the esti- 

 mated value of which (Consols being at 96) is £3547. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Vol. VI. of the 

 Journal, and the publication of the first part of Vol. VII. 



The Council, having repeatedly received applications from Foreign 

 Scientific Bodies to receive their publications in exchange for those 

 of this Society, have come to the resolution of adopting this principle 

 of exchange ; with the view both of diffusing abroad a knowledge of 

 the progress of our science in England, and of acquiring valuable 

 foreign works which could not otherwise be procured. The follow- 

 ing Societies have already entered into this amicable arrangement: — 

 The Linnean Society of Normandy. 



The Society of Agriculture and Science of Puy en Velay. 



The Linnean Society of Bordeaux. 



The Academy of Sciences of Lyons. 



The Academy of Sciences of Madrid. 



The Academy of Science of Philadelphia. 



The Chemical Society of London. 

 Mr. Nicol having accepted the appointment of Professor of Geo- 

 logy in Queen's College, Cork, the Society has lost the services of 

 that zealous officer. From several deserving candidates, the Council 

 selected for recommendation Mr. Rupert Jones, for the offices of 

 Assistant Secretary, Librarian, and Curator of the Museum ; and 

 this recommendation was confirmed by a General Meeting. 



When the Council determined in 1845 that Palladium was the 

 fittest substance to employ for the Wollaston Medal, Mr. Percival 

 Norton Johnson, F.G.S., expressed a wish to present Palladium for 

 that object, as a token of his grateful esteem for Dr. Wollaston. The 

 Palladium then presented being at length exhausted, Mr. Johnson 

 has again most handsomely offered to present the Society with the 

 requisite metal. The Council have thereupon expressed their thanks 

 to Mr. Johnson for this renewed proof of his regard for the Society, 

 and his esteem for his late friend Dr. Wollaston ; and have further 

 directed, that the name of Mr. P. N. Johnson be added to the Con- 

 tributors to the Donation Fund. 



The Council have ordered that a Bronze copy of the W 7 ollaston 

 Medal be presented to the Trustees of the British Museum. 



The arrangement of the Foreign Collection, the commencement 

 of which was announced in the last Annual Report, has been con- 

 tinued during the past year by a Committee consisting of Mr. Bow- 

 erbank, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Sharpe, and Mr. S. Wood. Such specimens 

 as were not required for the Collections have been set aside, and di- 



