11 ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



The amount of the Funded Property of the Society remains the 

 same as at the close of 1855, viz. 364578 195. 2c?. ; but of this ^$500 

 is temporarily invested until required to defray the expenses of pro- 

 viding accommodation, &c. for the collections of the late Mr. Green- 

 ough, which sum was bequeathed by him for that especial object. 

 The Society also holds two Exchequer Bills of ^100 each. 



The Society have to deplore the loss of Mr. Daniel Sharpe, who 

 was elected only at the last Anniversary Meeting, President of the 

 Society for the past year. His death occurred in May last, and his 

 brother, Mr. Henry Sharpe, as his representative, requested the ac- 

 ceptance by the Society of his lamented brother's collection of fossil 

 shells contained in three Mahogany Cabinets, as well as his valuable 

 collection of Farringdon, Tourtia, Pisolitic limestone, and North 

 American Fossils, together with several valuable books, as specially 

 mentioned in the annexed Report of the Library and Museum 

 Committee. 



Amongst other donations received since the last Anniversary, the 

 Council would call attention to the valuable Maps, coloured Geolo- 

 gically, of six of the French Departments, consisting of several sheets 

 (some accompanied with letter-press), which were presented, through 

 the British Ambassador, by the Minister of the Interior of France. 



The Council have to report that the 1 2th volume of the Quarterly 

 Journal has been completed; and that the 1st part of volume 13th 

 will shortly appear. 



The Council have also to state that the 4th Part of the 7th volume 

 of the Transactions has been pubhshed, as well as the Supplementary 

 Catalogue of the Library. 



They have further to report that a temporary engagement has 

 been made with Mr. W. Whitaker, to assist in the Museum and 

 Library ; and the Council would especially direct the attention of 

 the Fellows to that portion of the annexed Report of the Library and 

 Museum Committee, in which a hope is expressed that Fellows of 

 the Society w^ill offer their services to assist in the arrangement of 

 numerous collections, which, for want of such aid, must continue 

 unavailable for the promotion of Science. 



In conclusion the Council beg to state, that they have unanimously 

 awarded the WoUaston Palladium Medal to M. Joachim Barrande of 

 Prague, Member of the Geological Society of France, and Foreign 

 Member of the Geological Society of London, for his eminent 

 services in developing the true history of the lower Palaeozoic rocks, 

 and particularly for his great work the "Systeme Silurien de la 

 Boheme," in the preparation of which, at heavy pecuniary cost, he 

 has evinced such a union of zealous researches in the field with the 

 profoundest knowledge in palaeontology, as to have obtained for him 

 the admiration of his contemporaries. 



They have also awarded the balance of the proceeds of the Wol- 

 laston Donation Fund to Mr. S. P. AA'^oodward, for his Manual of 

 the Mollusca, recent and fossil, and to assist him in the preparation 

 of a similar work on the Radiata. 



