U ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



the forthcoming Volume of the Transactions. The Council con- 

 fidently hope that the Fellows will not regret an outlay, whose pur- 

 pose is to further those objects for which they are associated. At 

 the same time they would remark that the expenditure on this head 

 would be materially lightened, were it met by a greater disposition 

 on the part of the Fellows to purchase the Society's publications. 

 Were this the case, the Council would have it in its power to do 

 justice to the Memoirs read before the Society by more liberal illus- 

 tration. 



Among those whose loss the Society has to deplore during the 

 past year is George Bellas Greenough, the first President of this 

 ' Society, and ever its liberal patron. At his death, which occurred 

 in April 1855, he bequeathed to the Society all his title to the 

 Geological Map of England which bears his name, and which will 

 ever be a monument of his extensive knowledge and untiring perse- 

 verance ; he also bequeathed all his Books, Maps, Charts, Sections, 

 and Engravings relating to Geology. He further bequeathed to the 

 Society the sum of j8500 to defray the expense of finding accommo- 

 dation for the Collections. This sum of 36500 has been for the 

 present invested in the Funds ; so that the amount of the Funded 

 Property of the Society, which at the close of 1 854 was364014 1 5s. Sd.y 

 is now £A5 78 1 95. 2d. In addition to this the Society holds two 

 Exchequer bills of ^100 each. 



Amongst the many Donations received since the last anniversary, 

 the Council would call especial notice to the " Natural History of 

 Deeside," by the late Dr. M^'Gillivray, printed at the expense of Her 

 Majesty, and presented by His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Fellow 

 of this Society. Many other copies of this beautifully executed work 

 have been liberally distributed among the Fellows by His Royal 

 Highness. 



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

 Journal has been completed; and that the 1st part of volume 12th 

 will very shortly appear, although its publication from unavoidable 

 circumstances has been retarded. 



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

 of the Transactions is in the press, and will shortly appear. The 

 Supplement to the Catalogue of the Library, of which six sheets are 

 now printed, will also soon be ready for publication. 



In conclusion the Council beg to state, that they have imani- 

 mously awarded the Wollaston Palladium Medal to Sir Wilham E. 

 Logan, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, for his valu- 

 able contributions to geological knowledge in his elaborate papers on 

 the origin and structure of the Coal-beds in England, and for his 

 subsequent labours in Canada, in carrying out the Geological Survey 

 of that country ; and particularly for the admirable Geological Map 

 of Canada, constructed by himself from materials of his own collect- 

 ing, and exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, last year. 



They have also awarded the balance of the proceeds of the Fund 

 to M. G. Deshayes, for his great exertions in the extension of our 

 knowledge of Tertiary Geology, and for his Palaeontological works 



