ii ANNIVERSAEY MEETING. 



Council have to make special mention of a marble bust of the late 

 Dr. M'Culloch, bequeathed to the Society by his widow ; and of the 

 munificent gift, by Professor Agassiz, of the whole of his unpub- 

 lished drawings of Fossil Fishes. 



The 14th volume of the Quarterly Journal has been completed, 

 and the first part of the 15th volume published. 



A revised List of the FeUows has also been prepared and printed. 



The Council have to announce that active progress is making, by 

 a special Committee, in preparing a new edition of Mr. Greenough's 

 Geological Map, two sheets of which, including Wales and the south- 

 west of England, may, it is hoped, be ready for pubHcation about 

 the time of the Anniversary. 



A special Committee was also appointed to direct the expenditure 

 of the grant of ^100, made by the Eoyal Society for the purpose of 

 a systematic excavation of the Bone-cave at Brixham. That sum 

 being nearly exhausted, the Committee have made application for 

 and received an additional grant from the Eoyal Society. 



The Council, concurring in the views of the previous Council as 

 to the value of the juxtaposition of the Societies, have made renewed 

 efforts, by appHcation to Government, to obtain accommodation at 

 Burlington House as soon as additional buildings shall be erected on 

 that site. 



The Council have carefully considered the basis of a new arrange- 

 ment to be proposed to the Society with respect to the Admission- 

 fees and Subscriptions of Fellows to be elected in future ; and wiU 

 submit the particulars of their plan, in accordance with the Statutes, 

 to a Special General Meeting of the Society, to be called shortly 

 ■after the Anniversary. 



They have in. the meanwhile ordered that the Quarterly Journal 

 shall be circulated gratis among all the Compounders and Resident 

 Contributing FeUows, commencing with the February Number. 



In consequence of representations that greater convenience would 

 thereby be obtained, the Council have ordered that the Annual 

 Dinner should not, as a matter of course, take place on the Anni- 

 versary, and have fixed it for this year on the day following. 



A special Museum Committee has been appointed for the purpose 

 of improving the arrangement and condition of the various collec- 

 tions belonging to the Society, and making them more available for 

 the reference and study of the Members. 



In conclusion, the Council have to state that they have awarded 

 the WoUaston Medal to Charles Danvm, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., for 

 his numerous contributions to Geological Science, more especially 

 his observations on the Geology of South America, on the Phaeno- 

 mena of Yolcanic Islands, on the structure and distribution of 

 Coral-reefs, and his Monographs on recent and fossil Cirripedia; 

 and the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fimd to Mr. Charles 

 Peach, of Wick, N.B., for his meritorious exertions in the collection 

 of rare organic remains, and particularly for having led the way in 

 the discovery of Silurian Fossils in the hard and subcrystalHne rocks 



