PBOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAI, SOCIETY. 



Total. 



;^ P^ <i ^ 



Number of Species in"! 



the existing fauna and y 616 278 567 263 15 354 76 1820 3989 



flora of Great Britain J 

 Number of Species ] 



found fossil in Great V 2574 746 7091 815 224 12 172 819 12453 



Britain J 



I trust that this work will not be allowed to remain in MS., and 

 that, presuming you will begin with the oldest, we may soon look 

 for an instalment in the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, I have 

 much pleasure in presenting you with this token of the importance 

 which the Geological Society attaches to your labours. 



Mr. Ethekidge made the following reply : — 



I have great satisfaction in receiving from you. Sir, and the 

 Council of the Geological Society, the award of the WoUastou-fund. 

 It is given for work known to be nearly done, and faith in its com- 

 pletion. The time and labour devoted to my book upon the ' Stra- 

 tigraphical Arrangement of the British Fossils ' has extended over 

 nearly nine years of incessant work, and has been an arduous yet 

 pleasant undertaking, now made lighter by the recognition of those 

 who know and value the researches made for so extensive a 

 catalogue of the British organic remains, now numbering nearly 

 13,000 species. It is this estimation of my labour by the Council 

 and Society that tends to increase the desire to make my work as 

 perfect as possible, weU knowing how difficult, if not impossible, it 

 is to do so. This acknowledgment. Sir, from your hands wiU stimu- 

 late me to complete my researches into the literature of the British 

 species, and trace their history through space and time throughout 

 Europe. 



THE ANNIYERSARY ADDEESS OF THE PEESIDENT, 



Joseph Pbestwich, Esq., F.R.S. 



Gentlemen", — I have to congratulate you on the Report of the 

 Council, which announces the flourishing state of j^^our finances, the 

 addition to your number of Members, the extension of j'our library, 

 and the increasing importance of your Journal. 



* Testaceous species only. 



