ANNUAL REPORT. XUl 



Westmoreland and Cumberland, by the Rev. AdamSedgwick, 



F.G.S., Woodwardian Professor in the University of Cambridge. 

 January 6th, 1847. — On the Classification of the lowest Fossili- 



ferous Rocks of North and South Wales, by Sir R. I. Murchison, 



F.G.S. 

 On the Island called the Calf of Man, by the Rev. J. 



Cumming, F.G.S. 



Notes on some portion of the Geology of the neigh- 



bourhood of Bombay, by G. Clarke, Esq. 



On the Fossil Remains of Frogs in the Deposits of 



Bombay, described by Mr. Clarke, by Richard Owen, Esq., F.G.S. j 

 Hunterian Professor of Anatomy in the Royal College of Surgeons. 

 On the Geology of the neighbourhood of Bombay, 



by Mr. Conybeare ; communicated by W. J. Hamilton, Esq., Sec. 



G.S. 

 January 20th. — On a new Clinometer, by R. B. Grantham, Esq., 



F.G.S. 

 On the slow Transmission of Heat through Clay, 



by Mr. Nasmyth ; communicated by the President. 



On the Wave of Translation, in Connection with the 



Northern Drift, by the Rev. William Whewell, D.D., F.G.S., 



Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 

 February 3rd. — On the London Clay, by Joseph Prestwich, Jun., 



Esq., F.G.S. 

 On recent depressions of Land, by James Smith, 



Esq., of Jordan Hill, F.G.S. (commenced). 



After the Reports had been read, it was resolved, — 



That they be received and entered on the Minutes of the Meet- 

 ing ; and that such parts of them as the Council sliall think fit, be 

 printed and distributed among the Fellows. 



It was afterwards resolved : — 



1 . That the thanks of the Society be given to Leonard Horner, 

 Esq., retiring from the Office of President. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to Robert Hutton, Esq., 

 and Sir R. I. Murchison, retiring from the Office of Vice-President. 



3. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir H. T. De la 

 Beche, retiring from the Office of Foreign Secretary. 



4. That the thanks of the Society be given to Prof. Daubeny, 

 M.D., the Marquis of Northampton, Lieut. -Col Sabine, Henry War- 

 burton, Esq., and the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, re- 

 tiring from the Council. 



