xiv PEOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 899, 



Among the Purchased Maps, attention may be directed to the 

 Geological Survey Index Map of England and Wales, on the scale 

 of 4 miles to the inch, which has been mounted on a roller and 

 hung up in the Meeting-room, in lieu of the Greenough Map. 

 The latter has been suitably framed, and is now displayed on the 

 wall of the Entrance-hall to the Society's Apartments. 



During the Eecess the 260 Volumes of Tracts presented to the 

 Society's Library by Lady Prestwich, in fulfilment of the wishes of 

 the late Sir Joseph Prestwich, were placed in two bookcases erected 

 for that purpose on the floor of the Museum. These publications 

 will thus form a small library, complete in itself, and henceforth 

 distinguished as ' The Prestwich Bequest.' 



The total Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library 

 during the past twelve months was as follows : — 



Books, Periodicals, and Maps purchased . . 

 Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps . . 



£ 



s. 



d. 



. 58 







11 



. 145 



16 



7 



£203 



17 



6 



Museum. 



One addition has been made to the collections during the past 

 year : this is a specimen of sound oak found in blue clay, 15 feet 

 below low-water mark, in sinking the cylinders for Chepstow 

 Eailway-bridge, and presented by J. G. Wood, Esq., E.G.S. 



Mr. C. Davies Sherborn reports that, owing to various circum- 

 stances, he was unable, during the last twelve months, to make much 

 progress with the work of labelling and registering the type- and 

 other important specimens in the Foreign Collection. Nevertheless, 

 the Australian Collection, formed by Thomas Livingston Mitchell, 

 has been catalogued. This consists of 474 specimens, 6 of which 

 are figured types, while the remainder is purely of historical 

 interest : it forms the first systematic collection from Australia, and 

 is all described and enumerated in ' Papers relative to Geological 

 Surveys — New South Wales, 1851.' Originally there were 590 

 specimens, but only 474, as above mentioned, remain : these are 

 now all properly registered and accounted for. 



Mr. Sherborn confidently hopes to complete the work in the early 

 part of the present year. 



The total Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Museum 

 during 1898 was as follows :— 



Special work (registration, etc.) 



Sundries 



£ s. cl. 



15 



1 12 









£16 12 







