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  ANNUAL 
  KEPOKT. 
  xi 
  

  

  A 
  moiety 
  of 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Fund 
  is 
  

   awarded 
  to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Lewis 
  Abbott 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  labours 
  

   among 
  the 
  post-Tertiary 
  deposits, 
  and 
  to 
  aid 
  him 
  in 
  further 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  moiety 
  of 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  

   Fund 
  is 
  awarded 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Lomas, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  researches 
  

   among 
  the 
  post-Tertiary 
  deposits, 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  North-western 
  

   England, 
  and 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  further 
  investigations. 
  

  

  Report 
  oe 
  the 
  Libeaey 
  and 
  Museum 
  Committee 
  eor 
  1896. 
  

  

  Your 
  Committee 
  have 
  again 
  to 
  announce 
  that 
  many 
  additions 
  of 
  

   value 
  and 
  importance 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Library, 
  and 
  now, 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  past, 
  the 
  Donations 
  far 
  exceed 
  in 
  amount 
  the 
  Purchases. 
  

  

  During 
  1896 
  the 
  Library 
  received, 
  by 
  Donation, 
  113 
  Volumes 
  of 
  

   separately 
  published 
  works, 
  394 
  Pamphlets 
  and 
  detached 
  Parts 
  of 
  

   works, 
  166 
  Volumes 
  and 
  206 
  detached 
  Parts 
  of 
  serial 
  publications 
  

   (Transactions, 
  Memoirs, 
  Proceedings, 
  etc.), 
  and 
  16 
  Volumes 
  of 
  

   Newspapers. 
  The 
  total 
  of 
  accessions 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  by 
  Donation 
  is 
  

   thus 
  seen 
  to 
  amount 
  to 
  279 
  Volumes, 
  394 
  Pamphlets, 
  and 
  206 
  

   detached 
  Parts. 
  In 
  addition, 
  78 
  Sheets 
  of 
  Maps 
  have 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  various 
  Donors. 
  

  

  Attention 
  may 
  be 
  directed 
  to 
  such 
  gifts, 
  among 
  others, 
  as 
  the 
  

   second 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  Europe, 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  five 
  sheets 
  ; 
  the 
  Austrian 
  Survey 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  Neighbourhood 
  

   of 
  Vienna 
  in 
  six 
  sheets 
  ; 
  Everett's 
  Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  Australia, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  the 
  Victorian 
  Department 
  of 
  Mines 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  nearly 
  

   complete 
  Index 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  

   Wales. 
  

  

  Turning 
  from 
  Maps 
  to 
  Books, 
  especially 
  prominent 
  are 
  the 
  2nd 
  

   edition 
  of 
  Phillips's 
  , 
  ' 
  Ore 
  Deposits 
  ' 
  rewritten 
  and 
  enlarged 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  H. 
  Louis 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  Judd's 
  ' 
  Student's 
  Lyell 
  ' 
  ; 
  Inostranzev's 
  

   ' 
  Across 
  the 
  Main 
  Range 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  ' 
  ; 
  Rosenbusch's 
  ' 
  Mikro- 
  

   skopische 
  Physiographie,' 
  3rd 
  edition, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  Part 
  2 
  ; 
  Vol. 
  XL 
  of 
  

   the 
  Royal 
  Society's 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Papers 
  (Pet 
  — 
  Zyb) 
  ; 
  an 
  

   interesting 
  collection 
  of 
  260 
  Volumes 
  of 
  Tracts 
  presented 
  by 
  Lady 
  

   Prestwich, 
  in 
  fulfilment 
  of 
  the 
  wishes 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  

   Prestwich 
  ; 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  valuable 
  donations. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  P. 
  B. 
  Brodie 
  presented 
  the 
  Society 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  framed 
  

   photographic 
  portrait 
  of 
  himself 
  ; 
  a 
  portrait 
  in 
  oils 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  

   Prof. 
  Huxley 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Sir 
  John 
  Evans 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  portrait 
  in 
  

   sepia 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Bonney 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  subscribers 
  : 
  a 
  

   photograph 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Richard 
  Owen 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  his 
  

   grandson, 
  Mr. 
  Erank 
  Owen 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  portrait 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Waterhouse 
  

   Hawkins 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  his 
  daughter, 
  Miss 
  Hawkins 
  ; 
  and 
  eight 
  

   lithographic 
  portraits 
  of 
  distinguished 
  geologists 
  were 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Ross. 
  

  

  The 
  Books, 
  Maps, 
  and 
  Portraits 
  enumerated 
  above 
  were 
  the 
  gift 
  

   of 
  205 
  Personal 
  Donors, 
  90 
  Government 
  Departments 
  and 
  other 
  

   Public 
  Bodies, 
  and 
  177 
  Societies 
  and 
  Editors 
  of 
  Periodicals. 
  

  

  