IV ANTOTEESAEY MEETING. 



On tlie 19th of April, 1861, the Council granted the sum of 

 ^0 to the Special Committee, to be expended in re-naming the 

 specimens in the European Collections ; and the services of Mr. J. 

 W. Salter, F.G.S., Mr. R. Etheridge, E.G.S., of Mr. H. Woodward, 

 and of Mr. S. P. Woodward, F.G.S., were secured for that purpose. 

 Of the specimens named by them the following have been placed 

 upon tablets, labelled, and numbered ; and a detailed catalogue of the 

 contents of each drawer has been made and placed therein. 



Drawers. 



Norway Silurian 5 



Uddevalla, &c Postpliocene .... 2 



Sweden Silurian 2 



Antwerp Pliocene 1 



Touraine Miocene 2 



Paris Basin Eocene 9 



Kormandy • Jurassic 6 



North America .... Cretaceous 1 



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The natning of the Tertiary fossils has not yet been verified by 

 Mr. S. P. Woodward : for the accuracy of the rest, Messrs. Salter 

 and Etheridge are responsible. 



Eurthermore, ten drawers of fossils, chiefly from the Eifel and the 

 Ehenish provinces, have been tabletted, labelled, and named, but 

 not arranged zoologically or certified. 



The Eev. T. Wiltshire, E.G.S., is making progress with the re- 

 naming and re-arrangement of the British specimens of Cretaceous 

 fossils, which he has been good enough to undertake. 



In addition to the foregoing Eeport of the work done in the 

 Museum during the past year, the Committee subjoin for the in- 

 formation of the Council the following summary of the present state 

 of the Eoreign Collection as a whole, viz. : — 



28 Drawers of Fossils are now completely arranged and 



named. 

 10 Drawers of Fossils are nearly complete. 

 479 Drawers of Fossils are arranged, but require naming. 

 And 234 Drawers of Rock-specimens are arranged, but not named. 



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A series of Coloured Maps, illustrative of the Geological Areas to 

 which the several divisions of the Foreign Collection belong, have 

 been provided under the care of the President. 



Those specimens of Fossils from Foreign localities, which are too 

 bulky to be placed in drawers, have been carefully washed and 

 labelled ; each one has also been packed in a separate paper, and the 

 name, locality, &c. written upon its outside. 



The glass doors of an old cabinet have been converted into a wall- 



