﻿ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDRESS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT. 
  59 
  

  

  leaving 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Man 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  steamer, 
  which 
  then 
  conveyed 
  

   him 
  to 
  Liverpool 
  ; 
  he 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  house 
  at 
  Cheetham 
  

   Hill, 
  Manchester, 
  where 
  he 
  lingered 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  and 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  

   19th 
  December 
  last. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Binney 
  was 
  a 
  keen 
  observer 
  of 
  external 
  nature, 
  and 
  possessed 
  

   powers 
  of 
  observation 
  of 
  no 
  ordinary 
  kind. 
  He 
  was 
  well 
  read 
  in 
  

   science, 
  appreciating 
  every 
  discovery, 
  although 
  pretending 
  to 
  ori- 
  

   ginality 
  only 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  department. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  

   honour, 
  and 
  remarkably 
  outspoken, 
  his 
  sturdiness 
  and 
  strength 
  of 
  

   character 
  being 
  rarely 
  equalled. 
  

  

  Probably 
  few 
  men 
  in 
  his 
  district 
  or 
  time 
  did 
  more 
  to 
  further 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Carboniferous 
  and 
  Permian 
  rocks 
  ; 
  his 
  

   reports 
  and 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  and 
  Geological 
  Societies, 
  the 
  

   Manchester 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  the 
  Manchester 
  Literary 
  and 
  Philo- 
  

   sophical 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  Philosophy, 
  &c, 
  teem 
  with 
  

   valuable 
  information, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Binney's 
  name 
  will 
  ever 
  be 
  remembered 
  and 
  associated 
  with 
  

   that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Young, 
  whose 
  case 
  he 
  greatly 
  assisted 
  by 
  his 
  

   geological 
  knowledge 
  and 
  inquiries 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  trial 
  concerning 
  the 
  

   Torbane-hill 
  Coal 
  and 
  Oil 
  question. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Analysis 
  and 
  Distribution 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Jurassic 
  

  

  Fossils. 
  

  

  § 
  1. 
  Introduction. 
  

  

  The 
  Secondary 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Islands 
  have 
  received 
  much 
  

   critical 
  attention 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twenty 
  years, 
  as 
  also 
  have 
  both 
  

   the 
  Jurassic 
  and 
  Cretaceous 
  rocks 
  of 
  Europe. 
  In 
  this 
  country 
  

   numerous 
  monographs 
  upon 
  the 
  various 
  groups 
  have 
  appeared, 
  

   which 
  have 
  exhaustively 
  dealt 
  with 
  them 
  both 
  zoologically 
  and 
  

   stratigraphically, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Journal 
  ' 
  of 
  our 
  Society, 
  the 
  ' 
  Geological 
  

   Magazine,' 
  the 
  ' 
  Journal 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  Association, 
  and 
  the 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Pakeontographical 
  Society. 
  Many 
  valuable 
  papers 
  

   also 
  have 
  emanated 
  from 
  local 
  field- 
  clubs 
  and 
  natural-history 
  

   societies. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  year 
  1860 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  113 
  papers 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   the 
  'Quarterly 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society' 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   Jurassic 
  geology 
  and 
  palaeontology 
  alone. 
  The 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Palaeontographical 
  Society 
  have 
  issued 
  6 
  complete 
  monographs 
  of 
  

   Jurassic 
  groups. 
  This 
  great 
  work 
  has 
  done 
  more 
  to 
  advance 
  British 
  

   palaeontology 
  and 
  has 
  afforded 
  us 
  more 
  complete 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   British 
  species 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  publication. 
  Its 
  long 
  and 
  highly-prized 
  

   career 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  similar 
  Society 
  in 
  Switzerland*; 
  and 
  

   several 
  valuable 
  monographs 
  have 
  already 
  appeared 
  in 
  its 
  volumes. 
  

   It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  every 
  support 
  possible 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  first 
  

   * 
  Mcmcires 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  Paleontologique 
  Suisse. 
  

  

  