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  8 
  PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  The 
  Books 
  and 
  Maps 
  just 
  referred 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   138 
  personal 
  Donors, 
  the 
  Editors 
  or 
  Publishers 
  of 
  15 
  Periodicals, 
  

   and 
  161 
  Societies, 
  Surveys, 
  or 
  other 
  Public 
  Bodies, 
  making 
  in 
  all 
  

   314 
  Donors. 
  

  

  By 
  Purchase, 
  on 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  Standing 
  Library 
  

   Committee, 
  the 
  Library 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  50 
  volumes 
  of 
  

   Books 
  and 
  of 
  63 
  parts 
  (making 
  about 
  12 
  volumes) 
  of 
  Periodicals, 
  

   besides 
  39 
  parts 
  of 
  various 
  works 
  published 
  serially. 
  Fourteen 
  

   Sheets 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  Map 
  of 
  France, 
  12 
  sheets 
  comple- 
  

   ting 
  Dr. 
  Wolff's 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  Bohemian 
  Coal-field, 
  7 
  sheets 
  of 
  a 
  Map 
  of 
  

   the 
  Coal-basin 
  of 
  Aix-la-Chapelle, 
  and 
  a 
  Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  Spain 
  

   in 
  one 
  sheet 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  obtained 
  by 
  purchase. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  Books, 
  Periodicals, 
  and 
  Maps 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1881 
  

   was 
  o£64 
  7s. 
  3d., 
  and 
  of 
  Binding 
  £38 
  17s. 
  bd. 
  The 
  total 
  expen- 
  

   diture 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  was 
  thus 
  .£103 
  4s. 
  Sd. 
  

  

  The 
  Books 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  Library 
  are 
  generally 
  in 
  good 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  1881 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  books 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   binding 
  had 
  suffered 
  by 
  use 
  were 
  rebound 
  or 
  repaired. 
  The 
  

   Library 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  Collections 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  remain 
  in 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee, 
  the 
  

   Foreign 
  Collections 
  being 
  all 
  available 
  for 
  reference. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Donations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  1881 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  type 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Tubulations 
  sablon- 
  

   neuses 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  etage 
  Bruxellien, 
  described 
  by 
  H. 
  J. 
  Carter, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  Brachiopoda 
  from 
  South 
  Australia, 
  and 
  of 
  

   Belemnites 
  from 
  Central 
  Australia, 
  presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  It. 
  Tate, 
  

   F.G.S. 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  Neuropteris 
  lieterophylla 
  from 
  Cape 
  

   Breton, 
  presented 
  by 
  C. 
  Barrington 
  Brown, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  Society 
  has 
  also 
  received, 
  by 
  bequest 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  P. 
  

   de 
  Malpas 
  Grey-Egerton, 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  Drawings 
  of 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  in 
  

   his 
  possession 
  made 
  from 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  

   Enniskillen, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  