﻿ANNUAL 
  BEPOET. 
  

  

  first 
  reduced 
  to 
  order 
  the 
  intricate 
  region 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Silurian 
  

   rocks 
  in 
  Wales, 
  the 
  adjoining 
  counties, 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  England. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  For 
  his 
  important 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Eussia, 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   of 
  several 
  years' 
  labour 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  in 
  which, 
  with 
  his 
  coadjutors 
  

   M. 
  de 
  Verneuil 
  and 
  Count 
  Keyserling, 
  he 
  discovered 
  and 
  mapped 
  the 
  

   true 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  formations 
  that 
  lie 
  in 
  European 
  Eussia 
  and 
  the 
  

   Ural 
  Mountains, 
  and 
  correlated 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Europe. 
  And 
  

  

  3rd. 
  Eor 
  his 
  remarkable 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  relations 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  beneath 
  the 
  Old 
  Eed 
  Sandstone 
  that 
  form 
  the 
  Highlands 
  of 
  

   Scotland, 
  by 
  which 
  he 
  proved 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  an 
  older 
  Gneiss 
  (Lau- 
  

   rentian 
  or 
  Lewisian) 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  younger 
  set 
  of 
  flaggy, 
  metamorphic, 
  

   micaceous, 
  and 
  gneissic 
  strata 
  of 
  true 
  Lower 
  Silurian 
  age. 
  

  

  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund 
  has 
  been 
  

   awarded 
  to 
  M. 
  Deshayes, 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Mollusca 
  

   of 
  the 
  Paris 
  Basin, 
  and 
  in 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  esteem 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  hold 
  those 
  labours. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  and 
  Museum 
  Committee, 
  1863-64. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  last 
  Anniversary 
  an 
  unusually 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  import- 
  

   ant 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Foreign 
  Museum, 
  including 
  some 
  

   extensive 
  collections 
  illustrating 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  considerable 
  tracts 
  

   of 
  country. 
  Of 
  these 
  donations 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  more 
  especially 
  

   noteworthy. 
  An 
  extensive 
  series 
  of 
  Bock-specimens 
  illustrating 
  the 
  

   geology 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  near 
  the 
  49th 
  parallel 
  of 
  latitude 
  in 
  America, 
  

   and 
  particularly 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Bauerman's 
  Eeport 
  on 
  the 
  Geo- 
  

   logy 
  of 
  that 
  district, 
  shortly 
  to 
  be 
  published, 
  presented 
  by 
  H. 
  Bauer- 
  

   man, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  collection 
  of 
  Eocks 
  

   and 
  Fossils 
  illustrating 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Victoria, 
  and 
  labelled 
  with 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  Map-sheets 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  that 
  colony, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  E. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Selwyn, 
  Esq. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  Cretaceous 
  Fossils 
  

   from 
  Eas 
  Fartak, 
  on 
  the 
  south-east 
  coast 
  of 
  Arabia, 
  one 
  of 
  fossils 
  

   from 
  the 
  Somali 
  Mountains 
  collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Burton 
  and 
  Speke, 
  

   another 
  of 
  Fossils 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Eiver 
  Nerbudda, 
  and 
  

   one 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  Fossils 
  from 
  Travancore, 
  all 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  J". 
  

   Carter, 
  F.E.S. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  Fossils 
  from 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  Kelat, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cook, 
  of 
  H.M. 
  Bombay 
  Army 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  

   Fossils 
  from 
  Borneo 
  and 
  Java, 
  sent 
  to 
  England 
  by 
  M. 
  Com. 
  de 
  Groot, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Sir 
  E. 
  I. 
  Murchison, 
  K.C.B., 
  F.G.S 
  ; 
  a 
  suite 
  of 
  Eock- 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Finland, 
  presented 
  by 
  M. 
  Nils 
  de 
  Nordenskiold, 
  For. 
  

   Mem. 
  G.S. 
  ; 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  Eocks 
  from, 
  and 
  of 
  Fluviatile 
  Shells 
  

   found 
  at 
  high 
  levels 
  in, 
  the 
  Nile 
  Valley, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr.Leith 
  Adams. 
  

   Collections 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  papers 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Society 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  by 
  Sir 
  E. 
  I. 
  Murchison, 
  K.C.B., 
  F.G.S., 
  Dr. 
  Macdonald, 
  F.E.S., 
  

   Captain 
  Bullock, 
  E.N., 
  and 
  others. 
  Interesting 
  and 
  important 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  F. 
  Poole, 
  Esq., 
  J. 
  de 
  C. 
  Sow- 
  

  

  