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widow ; Prof. Y . Sabatini's Memoir on the Yolcanos of Central 

 Italy; Messrs. Duparc, Pearce, & E-itter's Monograph on the 

 Eruptive Eocks of Menerville (Algeria) ; M. Coste's continuation of 

 Gruner's great memoir on the Loire Coal-basin ; and the following 

 Memoirs of the Geological Survey : The Cretaceous Eocks of 

 Britain, vol. i : Gault & Upper Greensand of England ; Geology 

 of the South Wales Coalfield, pt. ii — Abergavenny ; and the Memoir 

 on Atherstone & Charnwood. Moreover, numerous publications were 

 leceived from the Geological Survey Departments of India, Denmark, 

 and Sweden. 



An extremely valuable and interesting donation was made to the 

 Library by Mrs. Katherine LyeU, in the shape of the MS. Volume 

 of Notes on the Huttonian Theory compiled by the late Leonard 

 Horner. 



Turning again to the Maps, besides the Geologic Atlas of the 

 United States, previously mentioned, the follomng Donations are 

 noteworthy : Geological Survey Map of South Australia in 4 

 sheets ; 3 sheets of the Geological Survey Map of Western Aus- 

 tralia ; 244 sheets (topographical and geological) of the Maps of the 

 United States Geological Survey ; 8 sheets of Maps of the Geological 

 Surveys of Canada, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain ; and 9 sheets of 

 Maps of the Geological Surveys of England & Wales and Ireland. 



The Books and Maps enumerated above were the gift of 186 

 Personal Donors ; 101 Government Departments and other Public 

 Bodies ; and 174 Societies and Editors of Periodicals. 



The Purchases made on the recommendation of the standing 

 Library Committee comprised 54 Volumes and 11 Parts of separately 

 published Works ; 25 Volumes and 12 Parts of works published 

 serially ; and 22 Sheets of Maps. 



A communication having been received in April last from the 

 Secretary of the Geological Photographs Committee of the British 

 Association, it was resolved to subscribe to the annual series of 

 Mounted Photographs. 



The total Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library 

 during 1900 was as foUows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books, Periodicals, etc. purchased 63 17 8 



Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps. . . . 150 1 7 



.£213 19 3 



The Society's Collection of Portraits of eminent Geologists has 

 been enriched by the following Donations : Eramed Photograph of 

 Messrs. Searles Wood, father and son, presented by Mr. E. W. 

 Harmer ; and a Framed Photograph of the late Dr. Henry Hicks, 

 E.E.S., presented by Mrs. Hicks» 



