ANNUAL REPORT. XIU 



1855. 



June 13th. — On Fossils and Drift-wood collected in the Arctic 

 Archipelago by Capt. M'Clure and Lieut. Pimm, by Sir R. I. Mur- 

 chison, V.P.G.S. 



On the Raised Beaches of Argyllshire, by Capt. E. J. 



Bedford ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 



On Sand-worn Granite, by R. W. Fox, Esq. ; com- 



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



On the Red Soil of India, by Dr. W. Gilchrist ; com- 



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



On the Umret and other Coal-fields of India, by the 



Rev. Stephen Hislop ; communicated by J. C. Moore, Esq., Sec. 

 G.S. 



On the Earthquakes at Brussa, by D. Sandison, 



Esq., H.M. Consul at Brussa ; forwarded by the Foreign Office. 

 On some Fossil Seeds fromLewisham, by J. D.Hooker, 



M.D., F.G.S. 



On some Fossil Seeds from the Bovey Lignite, by 



J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.G.S. 



November 7th. — On the Newer Tertiary Deposits of the Sussex 

 Coast, by R. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.G.S. 



Report on the Coal of the North-Western Districts of 



Asia Minor, by H. Poole, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Mur- 

 chison, V.P.G.S. 



November 21st. — Notice of the Boring at Kentish Town, by Joseph 

 Prestwich, Esq., Sec. G.S. 



Notice of the Upper Silurian Rocks of Lesmahago, in 



the South of Scotland (in which Mr. Slimon has discovered 

 Fossil Crustaceans), by SirR. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 



Description of some Fossil Crustaceans from Lesma- 



hago, in the South of Scotland, by J. W. Salter, Esq., F.G.S. 

 December 5th. — On the Tilestones, or Downton Sandstone, in the 



neighbourhood of Kington, and their fossil contents, by R. W. 



Banks, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I, Murchison, V.P.G.S. 

 On the last Elevation of the Alps, with Notices of 



the Heights at which the Sea has left Traces of its Action on their 



Sides, by Daniel Sharpe, Esq., Treas. G.S. 

 December 19th. — On the Remains of the Musk-Buffalo from the 



Gravel near Maidenhead, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. 

 Note on some Gravel Beds near Maidenhead, by 



Joseph Prestwich, Esq., Sec. G.S. 



On some of the Geological Features of the Country 



between the South-Down and the Sea, by P. J. Martin, Esq., 

 F.G.S. 



1856. 



January 9 th. — On the Physical Geography of the Tertiary Estuary 

 of the Isle of Wight, by H. C. Sorby, Esq., F.G.S. 



— — On the probable Permian Character of the Red Sand- 

 stones of the South of Scotland, by E. W. Binney, Esq., F.G.S. 



