ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



themselves of the works contained in the Society's Library, will be 

 considered as a sufficient compensation for the expense incurred, 

 which, from the uncertain and peculiar nature of the work, has, as 

 they have already observed, exceeded the estimated sum. 



The Council also have to announce that they have found it neces- 

 sary to revise the rules and regulations respecting the borrowing of 

 books from the Library. They trust that a perusal of these regula- 

 tions, inserted in every volume of the Library, will convince the So- 

 ciety that they have been framed with a view to suit the convenience 

 of, and afford every facility to readers desirous of consulting and 

 of borrowing works from the Library, while at the same time the 

 Council have endeavoured not to overlook the duty imposed upon 

 them of providing for the due preservation of the property of the So- 

 ciety. 



They have much satisfaction in announcing, that, in consequence 

 of duplicate copies of the following works having been presented to 

 the Library by the following Members, viz. 



Agassiz's Poissons Fossiles, by Mr. Horner ; 



Sowerby's Mineral Conchology, by Mr. Greenough ; 



Goldfuss's Petrefacta Germanise, by Mr. Greenough ; 



Lindley's Fossil Flora, by Mr. Bowerbank ; 



Cuvier's Ossemens Fossiles, by Sir R. Murchison ; 



De Koninck's Animaux Fossiles, by Mr. D. Sharpe ; 



D'Orbigny's Palgeontologie Fran^aise, by Mr. Moore ; 

 there will now be one copy constantly in the Library, while another 

 will be allowed to circulate among the Members. 



The Council have to announce the completion of the second volume 

 of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, and the publica- 

 tion of the first part of Vol. IIL, in conformity with a resolution of 

 the Council of the 2nd Dec. 1846, that the publication of the Journal 

 should be continued for another year on the same plan, terms and 

 conditions as during the past year ; for although the Council confi- 

 dently hope that this form of publication will be continued, they 

 have not considered it desirable to decide on its publication except 

 from year to year ; they are unwilling to dismiss this subject with- 

 out expressing their regret that so many of the Members of the So- 

 ciety do not take the Journal, as in consequence of the sale being 

 limited their means of publishing the Transactions are materially 

 crippled. The Index to Vol. IV. of the Proceedings has also been 

 published. 



The Council have also to announce the publication of the third 

 part of Vol. VII. of the Transactions ; and with reference to the 

 heavy amount of stock of former volumes on hand, they have re-^ 

 solved, in order to promote its sale, that the parts published previous 

 to June 1840 (viz. Vol. II. pt. 2, to Vol. V. pt. 3 inclusive) shall, 

 after reserving fifty copies in the hands of the Society, be offered to 

 the Fellows and the public at one-half of the present prices respect- 

 ively. They trust that the effect of this measure will be to disse- 

 minate the contents of these volumes more widely, and to give a 

 greater stimulus to the pursuit of geological investigations. 



