ANNUAL REPORT. V 



sented by Sir T. Mitchell, Mr. Milner Stephens, and Sir George 

 Grey, have been partly arranged ; and a second series of fossils from 

 Central India, presented by the Rev. Messrs. Hislop and Hunter, is 

 in course of arrangement for illustration in the Journal. In addition 

 to the above, fossils from Prome have been presented by Lieut. -Col. 

 Turton through Lieut. -Col. Cautley. 



As the specimens here referred to necessarily occupy much space 

 whilst under examination, it is very desirable that duplicates of the 

 Nagpoor specimens, new much in the way, should be presented at 

 once to public Institutions. In referring generally to the Museum, 

 it should be observed that much labour has been expended upon it 

 by Mr. Jones, which does not at first arrest attention ; such, for ex- 

 ample, as that required to reduce to order, or, as it were, sift out, 

 local specimens from Foreign Countries which had been put promis- 

 cuously into drawers without reference to the papers they were 

 intended to illustrate. Mr. Jones has done much to correct this evil, 

 and, by properly arranging these specimens, to enable a reader to 

 compare an author's statements with the specimens on which he 

 founds his reasonings. 



Mr. Jones speaks most favourably of the assistance he has received 

 from Mr. Gawan, and the Committee is satisfied from its own obser- 

 vation that his services have been most valuable, and that it is 

 desirable that they should be continued : indeed, from the arduous 

 duties performed by Mr. Jones, he is fully entitled to every assist- 

 ance it is in the power of the Society to afford him. 



The Committee in closing their Report think it right to point 

 more especially to the valuable donation by Mr. Greenough of his 

 Map of India, and to the equally valuable donation by Mr. Griffiths 

 of his new Map of Ireland ; donations which must be the more cor- 

 dially received as coming from two of the oldest Members of the 

 Society. 



J. E. PORTLOCK. 



S. P. Pratt. 

 January 23, 1855. 



Comparative Statement of the Number of the Society at the close of 

 the years 1853 and 1854. 



Dec. 31, 1853. Dec. 31, 1854. 



Compounders 134 137 



Residents 204 203 



Non-residents 463 475 





801 



815 



Honorary Members 



16 



15 



Foreign Members 



50 



50 



Personages of Royal Blood 



4—70 



• 



4—69 



871 884 



