318 PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Mar. 7, 



The following comnmnications were read :— 



1. Documents relating to the Recent "Volcanic Distuebances in the 

 JSTeighbourhood of Santorino *. 



[Abstracts.] 



The document first received is a letter from Consul St. Yincent 

 Lloyd to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, dated Syra, February 

 8, 1866, in which he states that on or about the 1st of that month, 

 the sea in the neighbourhood of the Kaimeni islands, in the centre 

 of the great ancient crater forming the harbour of Santorino, began 

 to show signs of volcanic action ; the result was the formation of a 

 new island, which at the date of his report had become nearly joined 

 to the southern extremity of the island Nea Kaimeni. Consul Lloyd 

 also gave an account of the eruption, mentioning that it was ac- 

 companied by loud subterranean noises, flames of fire, and ebullition 

 of the sea. Slight shocks of earthquakes had t)een felt at Santorino, 

 where the inhabitants were much alarmed. 



In a second letter to the Earl of Clarendon Mr. Lloyd encloses a 

 letter which he had received from Mr. A. Delenda, H.M. Consular 

 agent at Santorino, in which was given an account of the phenomena 

 attending the eruption as they were observed day by day at Nea 

 Kaimeni, from Eebruary 1st to February 7th inclusive. Mr. Delenda 

 particularly describes the boiling of the sea and the scattering 

 through it of coloured matter, as well as the appearance of fiames, 

 the formation of pools of fresh water on Fea Kaimeni, the upheaval 

 of a new island, and the subsidence of some of the houses. 



In a letter dated February 16th addressed to the Earl of Clarendon, 

 Mr. Erskine, British Minister at Athens, enclosed a copy of 

 ' La Grece ' newspaper of February 15th, containing letters from M. 

 Decigala dated 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th, of January. From these 

 letters it appears that signs of volcanic action were observed at a 

 place caUed Youlcano as early as January 18th, and that the new 



^'^ These documents consist of the following Reports, the abstracts of which 

 are here printed together by Order of the Council : — 



1. Report from St. Vincent Lloyd, Esq., H.M. Consul at Syra, to the Rt. Hon. 

 the Earl of Clarendon. Communicated by the Secretary of State for Foreign 

 Affairs. Read March 7, 1866. 



2. Report from St. Vincent Lloyd, Esq., H.M. Consul at Syra, to the Rt. Hon. 

 the Earl of Clarendon, enclosing letters from A. Delenda, Esq., H.M. Consular 

 Agent at Santorino. Communicated by the Secretary of State for Foreign Af- 

 fairs. Read March 7, 1866. 



3. Report from Morris Erskine, Esq., British Minister at Athens, to the Rt. 

 Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, enclosing letters from M. Decigala. Communicated 

 by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Eead March 7, 1866. 



4. Report from Commander G. Try on, of H.M.S. ' Surprise,' to Vice- Admiral 

 Sir Robert Smart, K.C.B. Communicated by the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty. Read March 21, 1866. 



5. Report from Commander L. Brine, of H.M. Steam-sloop ' Racer,' to Vice- 

 Admiral Sir Robert Smart, K.C.B. Communicated by the Lords Commissioners 

 of the Admiralty. Read April 25, 1866. 



6. Report from M. Fouque to the Eparch of Santorino. Communicated by 

 Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., &c. Read April 25, 1866. 



