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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



tion of the value of his researches upon the palaeontology of Fossil 

 Fishes, and to aid him in pursuing his investigations. 



The balance of the proceeds of the Murchison Donation Fund 

 has been awarded to Frank Rutley, Esq., F.G.S., as a token of 

 appreciation of his valuable memoirs on various penological sub- 

 jects, and to assist him in carrying on his researches. 



The balance of the proceeds of the Lyell Donation Fund has 

 been awarded in equal parts to G. R. Vine, Esq., in recognition of 

 the work done by him on the Carboniferous Polyzoa, and to assist 

 him in continuing his investigations ; and to Dr. Anton Fritsch, of 

 Prague, as a mark of the estimation in which his valuable contri- 

 butions to Palaeontology are held, and to aid him in the production 

 of his important memoirs. 



During the last Session, a subscription was set on foot among the 

 Fellows of the Society, which enabled the Assistant Secretary to 

 purchase four small plain Microscopes, for use, when required, at 

 the Evening Meetings of the Society. As the procuring the means 

 of illumination for the microscopes was attended with considerable 

 inconvenience and expense, the Council have decided to expend a 

 small portion of the proceeds of the Barlow-Jameson Fund in the 

 purchase of four of How's Microscope Lamps. 



Report of ^he Library and Museum Committee, 

 Library, 



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 105 volumes of separately 

 published works and Survey Reports, and about 220 Pamphlets and 

 separate impressions of Memoirs ; also about 102 volumes and 205 

 detached parts of the publications of \arious Societies, and 14 

 volumes of independent Periodicals presented chiefly by their re- 

 spective Editors, besides 11 volumes of Newspapers of various 

 kinds. This will constitute a total addition to the Society's Library, 

 by donation, of about 272 volumes and 220 pamphlets. 



A considerable number of Maps, Plans, and Sections have been 

 added to the Society's collections by presentation from various Geo- 

 logical Surveys, from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and from 

 the French Depot de la Marine. Several Geological Maps of parti- 

 cular districts have also been presented by the authors. They 

 amount altogether to 348 sheets, and among them may be noted, as 

 especially valuable to the Society, 131 sheets of the Map of the 

 Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. 



The Books and Maps just referred to have been received from 



