HV ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



1856. 

 January 23rd. — On the Cryolite of Evigtok in Greenland, by 



J. W. Tayler, Esq. ; communicated by Prof. Tennant, F.G.S. 

 On remarkable Mineral Veins, with a Notice of Cobre 



Copper Lode, near Santiago de Cuba, by D. T. Ansted, Esq., 



F.G.S. 

 February 6th. — Experimental Researches on the Granites of Ireland, 



by the Rev. Prof. Haughton, F.G.S. 

 ., On the Raised Beaches of the Western Isles of Scot- 

 land, by Capt. J. E. Bedford ; communicated by Sir R. I. Mur- 



chison, V.P.G.S. 



On the Section exposed in the Excavation of the 



Docks at Swansea, by M. Moggridge, Esq. ; communicated by 

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



On the late Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, by 



W. Miller, Esq., H.M. Consul at the Sandwich Isles ; forwarded 

 by the Foreign Office. 



After the Reports had been read, it was resolved, — 



That they be received and entered on the Minutes of the Meeting ; 



and that such parts of them as the Council shall think fit, be printed 



and distributed among the Fellows. 

 It was afterwards resolved, — 



1. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir R. I. Murchi- 

 son and Professor Phillips, retiring from the office of Vice-President. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to J. C. Moore, Esq., 

 and Joseph Prestwich, Esq., retiring from the office of Secretary. 



3. That the thanks of the Society be given to Daniel Sharpe, 

 Esq., retiring from the office of Treasurer. 



4. That the thanks of the Society be given to Dr. Bigsby, the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, Dr. Hooker, Dr. Percy, and J. W. Salter, Esq., 

 retiring from the Council. 



5. That the thanks of the Society be given to W. J. Hamilton, 

 Esq., retiring from the office of President. 



After the Balloting Glasses had been duly closed, and the lists 

 examined by the Scrutineers, the following gentlemen were declared 

 to have been duly elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing 

 year : — 



