ANNUAL REPORT, Mal 
The balance of the proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund has been 
awarded to Professor C. Lapworth, F.G.S., in recognition of the 
value of his researches into the Paleontology and Physical Struc- 
ture of the older rocks of Great Britain, carried on frequently under 
unfavourable circumstances and to the injury of his health, and to 
aid him in the prosecution of similar investigations. 
A sum of Twenty Pounds from the proceeds of the Barlow-Jameson 
Fund, has been awarded to Professor Leo Lesquereux, F.C.G.8., in 
testimony of appreciation of his researches into the Paleeobotany of 
North America; and a like sum from the same source to Dr. James 
Croll, F.R.S., in recognition of the value of his investigations into 
the later physical history of the earth; and to aid them in further 
researches of a similar kind. 
Report oF THE LIBRARY AND Muszum ComMMITTEER, 
Labrary,. 
Since the last Anniversary Meeting a great number of valuable 
additions have been made to the Library, both by donation and by 
purchase. 
As Donations the Library has received about 105 volumes of sepa- 
rately published works and Survey Reports, and about 234 Pamphlets 
and separate impressions of Memoirs; also about 138 volumes and 
135 detached parts of the publications of various Societies, and 15 
volumes of independent Periodicals presented chiefly by their re- 
spective Hditors, besides 16 volumes of Newspapers of various 
kinds. This will constitute a total addition to the Society’s Library, 
by donation, of about 297 volumes and 234 pamphlets. 
A considerable number of Maps, Plans, and Sections have been 
added to the Society’s collections by presentation, chiefly from various 
Geological Surveys, from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and 
from the French Dépot de la Marine. They amount all together to 
356 sheets, and include 296 sheets, large and small, from the Ord- 
nance Survey, and 28 sheets from the Dépot de la Marine; the 
remainder being for the most part the Maps of the Geological 
Surveys of Belgium, New Jersey, Norway, Saxony, Sweden, and 
Switzerland. 
The Books and Maps above referred to have been received from 
120 personal Donors, the Editors or Publishers of 15 Periodicals, 
and 148 Societies, Surveys, and other Public Bodies, making in all 
283 Donors. | 
By Purchase, on the recommendation of the Standing Library 
Committee, the Library has received the addition of 88 volumes of 
Books, and of 91 parts (making about 30 volumes) of various 
Periodicals, besides 49 parts of certain works published serially. 
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