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work on the microfauna of the Irish Chalk, and with the view of 

 aiding him in further research. 



Another award of Twenty Pounds from the Barlow- Jameson Fund 

 is made to Mr. John Storrie, of Cardiff, as a mark of appreciation of 

 his original work on the geology of the neighbourhood of that town, 

 and to assist him in carrying out further useful investigations. 



The Council cannot conclude this Report without referring to the 

 loss which the Society has sustained in the person of its valued 

 and most efficient Assistant-Clerk, Mr. Francis E. Brown, who died 

 suddenly in the beginning of August last. He had served the 

 Society for upwards of nine years, and had earned the esteem and 

 confidence, not only of the Officers and Council, but of all those 

 among the Fellows who came into contact with him. 



Report oe the Library Committee eor 1895. 



Your Committee have pleasure in stating that very many valuable 

 additions have been made to the Library during the past year, both 

 by Donation and Purchase. It is, in a large measure, due to the 

 liberality of the Fellows, of various public bodies, and of kindred 

 societies, that the donations far exceed in amount the purchases : 

 this will be readily deduced from the statistics embodied in the 

 present Report. 



By Donation the Library has received about 85 Volumes of 

 separately published works, 377 Pamphlets and detached Parts of 

 works, 172 Volumes and 207 detached Parts of serial publications 

 (Transactions, Memoirs, Proceedings, etc.), and 16 Volumes of 

 Newspapers. The total addition to the Library by Donation 

 amounts therefore to 273 Volumes, 377 Pamphlets, and 207 detached 

 Parts. Moreover, 116 Sheets of Maps have been presented to the 

 Society during the past year. 



Your Committee desire to call special attention to the magnificent 

 Geologic Atlas of the United States, all the sheets of which (so far 

 as published) have been presented by the Government of that 

 country. Nor have other public bodies in the United States failed 

 in their wonted liberality : among others, the New York, Minnesota 

 Missouri, and Alabama State Geological Surveys have enriched this 

 Society's Library with many handsome volumes of memoirs, plates, 

 and maps. Three important volumes of the Beitrage zur geologischen 

 Karte der Schweiz have been received from the Swiss Geological 

 Commission during the past year, as also a large number of maps 

 from the Geological Survey of the kingdom of Saxony. No less than 

 twenty-four sheets of maps have -been presented by the Geological 

 Survey of Canada, and six volumes of memoirs by the Comite 

 Geologique of St. Petersburg. From H.M. Geological Survey have 

 come some important memoirs and several sheets of the 1-inch map 

 (both drift and solid geology) and sheets of horizontal and vertical 

 sections ; while from H.M. Treasury the Society has received the 

 volume embracing the Summary of the Scientific Results of the 



