ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAK ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1912. 



READ AND ADOPTED AT THE 



ANNUAL GENERAL MECTING, 



HELD AT THE APARTMENTS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BUELINGTON HOUSE, 



14th march, 1913. 



De. henry WOODWARD, F.R.S., President, 



IN THE CHAIE. 



The Council, in presenting their Sixty-sixth Annual Report, have pleasure in 

 referring to the continued activity in the study of British fossils, which still 

 furnishes them with more than ample material for their publications. The volume 

 for 1912 includes the final instalment of the monograph of " Cretaceous Lamelli- 

 branchia," by Mr. H. Woods, with important synoptical tables and indexes; and 

 there are also the title-page and index for the " Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea," 

 by the late Prof. T, Bell, which now permit the binding of that work. Instalments 

 of the " British G-raptolites," by Miss Elles and Miss Wood (Mrs. Shakespear), and 

 the " Cambrian Trilobites," by Mr. P. Lake, form valuable continuations of these 

 monographs. The total number of plates is again less than usual ; but, as was the 

 case last year, this deficiency is more than compensated by the very large series of 

 text-figures of Cretaceous Lamellibranchia, which seemed to be as appropriate for 

 the species of Ostrea as for those of Inoceramiis. 



Like the volume for 1911, that for 1912 was also delayed by unforeseen 

 difiiculties in the preparation of the contributions, and it was not ready for 

 distribution until the end of February, 1913. The cost of the printing could 

 not therefore be included in the balance-sheet for the year, and as some of the 



