ANNUAL llEPOifT OF THE COUNCII 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1914. 



READ AND ADOPTED AT THE 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



HELD AT THK APAKTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BUKLINGTON HOUSK, 



26th MARCH, 1915. 



Di;. HENRY WOODWARD, F.R.S., President, 



IN THE CHAIR. 



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The CounciI;, in presenting their Sixty-eighth Annual Report, regret that the 

 unfortunate circumstances of the time have this year hindered the usual progress 

 of tlie Society's work. There was no diminution in the number of offers of con- 

 tributions for the annual volume at the beginning of 1U14, and a })ublication of the 

 ordinary size was arranged ; but by the time that war was declared none of the 

 contributions had been completed, and the various exigencies pf the new situation 

 necessitated the abandonment of all the instalments of Monographs except that by 

 Mr. F. W. Harmer on the " Pliocene Mollusca." The preparation of this part, 

 which is illustrated by eight plates, was also unexpectedly delayed ; but it is now 

 complete, and will l:)e i)ublished in the summer of 1015 as the volume for 1914. It 

 is unfortunately the smallest annual volume hitherto issued by the Society, but as 

 soon as circumstances jiermit it is ho[)ed that the deficiency of published matter 

 in 1914 will be made up by the issue of larger volumes in the immediate future. 



The delay and diminution of the volume for 191-4 have again made the 

 analj'Sis of the 1)alance-slieet somewhat difficult; and the large increase in 

 the bank-balance at the end of the year is merely due to the failure of the 

 proposed contributors already mentioned. The preparation of the beautiful 



