ANNUAL REPORT. Ul 



The Award of the Wollaston Palladium Medal for the year has 

 been made to Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche, C.B., Director-Gene- 

 ral of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, F.R.S., F.G.S. &c., for 

 his many valuable contributions to Geological Science during a long 

 series of years ; and more especially for the establishment of the 

 Museum of Practical Geology ; for the very accurate Geological 

 Survey of the United Kingdom now in progress, illustrated by Maps, 

 Sections, and Specimens ; and for the skill and impartiality displayed 

 by him in the selection of his many able coadjutors in that great 

 national work. 



The balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund has 

 been awarded to Drs. Guido and Fridolin Sandberger, of Wiesbaden, 

 for their valuable work on the Fossils of the Rhenish Palaeozoic 

 rocks in Nassau, and to assist them in its completion, and in the 

 publication of their intended work on the Fossils of the Mayence 

 basin. 



Report of the Library and Museum Committee. 



Library. 



Since the last Annual Report, 1 2 volumes, exclusive of periodicals, 

 have been added by purchase, and about 90, also exclusive of period- 

 icals, have been received as donations, making a total increase of above 

 100 volumes. Amongst the purchased books may be mentioned as 

 more particularly valuable, BischofFs Geologic, Grewingk's Geology 

 of North Persia, Goldfuss' Coal Flora, Meyer's Palaeontology of 

 Wurtemberg, Dr. Hooker's Himalayan Journals : and it may be 

 added that the set of Annals of Natural History has been completed 

 by purchase, and the serials continued regularly to the present time. 

 Of the books received as donations, Jardine's Ichnology of Annan- 

 dale, presented by Sir R. I. Murchison, F.G.S., — Siluria, presented 

 by Sir R. I. Murchison, F.G.S., — Scale's Geognosy of St. Helena, 

 presented by A. Morant, Esq., F.G.S., — Conchologia Iconica, several 

 parts, presented by L. Reeve, Esq.,F.G.S., — Darwin's Cirripedia, and 

 other works, presented by the Ray Society, — deserve to be specially 

 named, in addition to the 63 volumes presented by Mr. Lonsdale, 

 out of which the Society's set of the Edinburgh New Philosophical 

 Journal has been completed, with the exception of a few parts. All 

 these books have been catalogued, arranged in their proper places, 

 and bound so far as necessary : in referring, however, to this section 

 of our Report, it is right to observe that the great want of additional 

 shelves, pointed out by the Committee of last year, is now still more 

 strongly felt, as no addition has as yet been made, notwithstanding 

 the continued increase of books. The arrangement of serials is much 

 embarrassed by this deficiency of space, as sets are frequently obliged 

 to be arranged in more than one place, and the difficulty of reference 

 is thereby much increased. 



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