



Cii PEOCEEDINGS ©F THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Aug. I9II, 



A Special General Meeting was held before the Ordinary Meeting 

 at 7.30 p.m., in order to consider the following resolutions : — 



(1) That the contents of the Geological Society's Museum, with the 

 exception of those marked A, which are conspicuously displayed in the 

 Society's Apartments, be offered to the Trustees of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), and to the Director of the Museum of Practical Geology 

 (Jermyn Street). 



(2) That the Council be instructed to offer the British specimens to the 

 Director of the Museum of Practical Geology, and the Foreign and 

 Colonial specimens to the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural 

 History). 



(3) That, in the event of the acceptance of both gifts, the Council be 

 empowered to transfer the collections to those two Institutions, in 

 accordance with the conditions which have been provisionally arranged. 



(4) That the Treasurer be authorized to expend a sum not exceeding 

 .£250, in adapting the space thus vacated by the Collections for the 

 purposes of the extension of the Library. 



Resolution (1) was passed by 29 Ayes to 1 No, and Resolutions 

 (2), (3), and (4) were passed nemine contradicente. 



It was stated that, in accordance with Resolution 4 passed at the 

 Special General Meeting on January 25th, 1911, and confirmed at 

 the Annual General Meeting on February 17th, the Council had 

 approached the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 

 and the Director of the Museum of Practical Geology, and under- 

 stood that they were willing respectively to accept the parts of the 

 Collections mentioned in the foregoing resolutions, under the con- 

 ditions set out as follows : — 



All type-specimens and figured specimens, and all material of exceptional 

 value and importance in illustrating the advance of Geology, as registered in 

 publications and especially in publications of the Society, are to be retained by 

 the British Museum and the Museum of Practical Geology respectively. 



But, when the Officers of these Museums have had ample time to work 

 through the Collections, there will probably remain a considerable amount 

 of material which it would not be necessary for the Museums to retain 

 permanently. The Officers of these Museums will draw up a report specifying 

 any proposed disposal of such material, and present it to the Society for its 

 approval. The Council will furnish the two Museums with copies of the 

 letters which have been received, containing requests for gifts of duplicate and 

 other material. While desiring that such requests, and others that might be 

 subsequently made, should receive consideration, the Society will doubtless 

 have no wish to restrict the action of the Officers of the two Museums in this 

 matter, but will repose entire confidence in any action which they may see fit 

 to take. 



The list of specimens marked A, to which reference was made in 

 Resolution (1), is here given in full : — 



Specimens illustrating the Alluvial Gold-Deposits of New South Wales. Pre- 

 sented by Sir Daniel Cooper. 



Canis palustris, from the Upper Miocene Freshwater Limestone of GDningen 

 (Switzerland). Presented by Sir Koderick I, Murchison, 



