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As the Hutton Collection of Fossils, from which these 

 drawings were made, is the property of the Institute, the 

 presentation by Mr. Laws of the original drawings is 

 considered by the Institute as a most valuable acquisition. 

 The Council hopes that the missing drawings may be 

 found, and also presented to the Institute. 



The Fossils themselves have for some years been 

 deposited by the Council in the Museum of the Natural 

 History Society of Newcastle for exhibition The original 

 drawings will remain in the Library of the Institute. 



The portrait of Hutton, which forms the frontispiece, 

 is a copy of the original by Carrick, in the possession of 

 the Institute. 



Newcastle, December, 1877. 



