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  REPORT. 
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  lection, 
  of 
  Secondary 
  and 
  Tertiary 
  rocks 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Alps 
  and 
  else- 
  

   where, 
  so 
  altered 
  by 
  metamorphic 
  action 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  undistinguishable 
  

   from 
  the 
  oldest 
  strata. 
  

  

  IV. 
  The 
  Collection 
  of 
  British 
  Rocks 
  and 
  Fossils 
  is 
  arranged 
  

   stratigraphically, 
  and 
  includes 
  an 
  extensive 
  series 
  of 
  Cambrian 
  

   and 
  Silurian 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils, 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   named 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Salter 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  Devonian 
  and 
  Old 
  Red 
  

   Sandstone 
  Fishes, 
  named 
  by 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  Egerton 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  

   most 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  Mollusca, 
  which 
  waits 
  

   for 
  revision 
  by 
  some 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  acknowledged 
  autho- 
  

   rity, 
  and 
  the 
  Council 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  hope 
  that 
  this 
  task 
  will 
  

   be 
  undertaken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Davidson. 
  But 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  we 
  have 
  

   a 
  very 
  extensive 
  and 
  valuable 
  collection 
  of 
  Coal-plants, 
  named 
  by 
  

   Sir 
  Charles 
  Bunbury. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  Silurian 
  series 
  

   named 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Salter, 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  fossils 
  gone 
  carefully 
  over 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Wiltshire, 
  and 
  the 
  Crag 
  fossils 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Searles 
  Wood, 
  the 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  series 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  state 
  as 
  when 
  

   presented 
  by 
  their 
  respective 
  donors. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  Fellows 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society 
  who 
  are 
  particularly 
  conversant 
  with 
  fossils 
  of 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  formations 
  will 
  voluntarily 
  lend 
  their 
  aid 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  in 
  order 
  

   that 
  these 
  collections 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  useful 
  state 
  than 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  while 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  fossils 
  are 
  unnamed. 
  To 
  

   purchase 
  assistance 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  any 
  real 
  value 
  would 
  require 
  a 
  

   sum 
  far 
  exceeding 
  the 
  means 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   therefore 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that, 
  in 
  so 
  numerous 
  a 
  body, 
  voluntary 
  aid 
  

   will 
  not 
  be 
  wanting 
  for 
  the 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  

   importance 
  to 
  the 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Y. 
  The 
  Collection 
  of 
  Specimens 
  illustrative 
  of 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  

   Foreign 
  Countries, 
  now 
  amounting 
  to 
  many 
  thousand 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  state, 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  ready 
  accessibility 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  adopted 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance, 
  geographical, 
  

   and, 
  under 
  each 
  country, 
  first, 
  stratigraphical 
  ; 
  and 
  next, 
  when 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  specimens 
  admits 
  of 
  it, 
  zoological. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  full 
  geographical 
  manuscript 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  great 
  

   divisions 
  of 
  Europe, 
  Africa, 
  Asia, 
  America, 
  and 
  Australia, 
  with 
  the 
  

   subordinate 
  countries 
  of 
  each 
  division, 
  in 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  entered 
  under 
  their 
  proper 
  heads. 
  We 
  have 
  another 
  manu- 
  

   script 
  Catalogue 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  stratigraphical 
  arrangement 
  is 
  adopted, 
  

   and 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  heading 
  for 
  each 
  formation 
  from 
  the 
  oldest 
  

   to 
  the 
  newest, 
  and 
  under 
  these 
  are 
  entered 
  the 
  Specimens 
  we 
  

   possess 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  A 
  Catalogue 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  

   completed, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Europe 
  is 
  concerned, 
  of 
  the 
  memoirs 
  and 
  

   notices 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  foreign 
  countries 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  Transac- 
  

   tions, 
  the 
  Proceedings, 
  and 
  the 
  Quarterly 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  

   arranged 
  according 
  to 
  countries, 
  with 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   illustrative 
  of 
  them 
  that 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  Collections. 
  

  

  VI. 
  Of 
  Special 
  Collections, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  from 
  the 
  Vosges 
  Moun- 
  

   tains, 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  most 
  prominent 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  France, 
  

   and 
  supply 
  a 
  vast 
  variety 
  of 
  unstratified 
  rocks, 
  is 
  important. 
  This 
  

  

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