ANNUAL REPORT. lU 



illustrative of the Tertiary Basin of Paris, and to assist him in the 

 publication of the forthcoming continuation of his Work " Sur les 

 Coquilles fossiles du Bassin de Paris." 



Report of the Library and Museum Committee. 

 Library, 



During the past year the principal addition to the Library has 

 been the magnificent bequest of Mr. Greenough of the whole of his 

 collection of Geological Books and Maps : these have not yet been 

 arranged in our Library, but, as the Council has appointed a special 

 Committee to consider of the best plan for the arrangement of -that 

 collection, it is not necessary for us to enter into the consideration of 

 this important matter. 



The other additions which have been made to the Library during 

 the year have all been worked into their places both in the shelves 

 and the Catalogue ; among these we call attention to the large number 

 of parts of the Journals of various Scientific Societies, both English 

 and Foreign, which have been obtained by application to those So- 

 cieties, or by exchange of our own publications for them, and the 

 Geological and Mineralogical contents of which will be found under 

 the list of the Donations published in our Journal by the Assistant- 

 Secretary . Th e system of exchanging publications with other Societies 

 has answered so well, that we strongly recommend its continuance and 

 extension as opportunities occur. 



The additional shelves ordered by the Council have been placed in 

 the Assistant-Secretary's room, and have served to receive the addi- 

 tions constantly reaching the Society ; they will probably be sufficient 

 to hold the usual additions of the next two years, if another recep- 

 tacle be prepared for Mr. Greenough' s books : the re-arrangement 

 of the serials brought on by the moving part from the old to the new 

 shelves has taken up a good deal of Mr. Jones's time. 



The mounting of such Maps as are likely to be often referred to, 

 including all those lately received from the Ordnance Geological 

 Survey, has been continued, and two new Map-Cases have been added 

 to hold them; and a Stand has been added to hold large Portfolios. 



The printing of the Supplemental Catalogue has been proceeded 

 with ; six sheets are already printed, containing nearly all the books, 

 and the printers are at work on the part containing the rest of the 

 Books and the Maps ; and the MS. Catalogue of the Charts is already 

 prepared. This, when completed, will include all the additions to the 

 I^ibrary during the ten years ending with 1853. 



As the MS. additions to the volume of the Catalogue of reference 

 in the Library, which contains the Periodicals, are now included in 

 the printed Supplement, it is desirable that a portion of that volume 

 should be re-arranged for greater convenience of reference. 



In the Lower Museum a Case has been added to receive Maps and 

 Charts, and is already partly occupied. 



Application was made to the Board of Ordnance for the revised 

 sheets of the Survey of England, and for the Block -Plan of London, 

 which application has been refused by letter of 4th June 1855. 



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