U ANNIVERSARY MEETINa. 



the Quarterly Journal, and the publication of the first part of Yol. 

 XXY. 



The Council have also the pleasure of announcing that Mr. G. W. 

 Ormerod having prepared a revised edition of his valuable Index 

 to the various publications of the Society, in which the references 

 are brought down to the end of last year, has presented the MS. to 

 the Society. As nearly all the copies of the first edition of this 

 Index have been sold, the Council did not hesitate about printing 

 this new edition, a portion of which is already in type. The volume 

 will be published as soon as possible. 



The Council have to report that, in consequence of his appointment 

 to the Secretaryship of the Eoyal Agricultural Society, Mr. Jenkins 

 resigned his position as Assistant Secretary at the end of last year. 

 After the consideration of the qualifications of several Candidates, 

 the Council decided on electing Mr. W. S. Dallas to the vacant post. 

 At the same time Mr. Skertchly also resigned his appointment as 

 Assistant in the Library ; and the Council have appoined Mr. P. H. 

 "Waterhouse as his successor. 



The Committee appointed by the Council to discuss and report 

 upon the duties of the Assistant Secretary, embodied in their Heport 

 certain recommendations with regard to the future management of 

 the Museum, which would render it unnecessary any longer to em- 

 ploy an Officer entirely in the Museum. These recommendations 

 having been adopted by the Council, Mr. W. S. Mitchell, the present 

 Assistant in the Museum, will cease to hold that appointment after 

 the 31st March next. 



The Council have awarded the "WoUaston Medal to Henry 

 Clifton Sorby, Esq., F.R.S., P.G.S., in consideration of his patient 

 and laborious investigations in the various departments of Physical 

 Geology, and especially of his researches into the structure of Rocks, 

 Minerals, and Meteorites. 



The Balance of the proceeds of the WoHaston Fund has been 

 awarded to William Carruthers, Esq., E.L.S., E.G.S., in aid of his 

 valuable investigations in Eossil Botany, which have already led him 

 to such important results. 



Report of the Library and Museum Committee, 1868-69. 



The Library. 



The Standing Library-Committee have continued from time to 

 time to make additions to the Library by the purchase of such books 

 as they thought would prove useful to the FeUows ; and amongst 

 these the following works may be noted : — 



Lecoq's ' Epoques Geologiques de I'Auvergne,' in 5 vols. ; Alphonse 

 Milne -Edwards's ' Eecherches Anatomiques et Paleontologiques sur 

 les Oiseaux fossiles de la France,' of which 22 parts are pubhshed ; 

 H. C. Weinkauff 's ' Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische 



