ANNUAL REPORT. XIU 



1852. 



Feb. 4th. — On the Southern Border of the Highlands, by Daniel 



Sharpe, Esq., V.P.G.S. 

 On the Discovery of Gold Alluvia in Australia, by 



the Rev. W. B, Clarke, F.G.S. 



On the Anticipation of the Discovery of Gold in Au- 



stralia, by Sir R. I. Murchison, F.G.S. 



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 Professor E. Forbes, 

 and Daniel Sharpe, Esq., retiring from the office of Vice-President. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to His Grace the Duke 

 of Argyll, Sir H. T. Dela Beche, Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, and Capt. Henry James, retiring from the Council. 



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 the Officers and Council for the ensuing 

 year : — 



OFFICERS. 



PRESIDENT. 

 William Hopkins, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. 



VICE. PRESIDENTS. 



R. A. C. Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S. 

 G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R.S. andL.S. 

 Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. and L.S. 

 Searles V. Wood, Esq. 



SECRETARIES. 



William John Hamilton, Esq. 

 John Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A. 



FOREIGN SECRETARY. 

 C. J. F. Bunbury, Esq., F.L.S. 



TREASURER. 

 John Lewis Prevost, Esq. 



