GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Extract from the Report of the Committee of Inspection. 

 February 25, 1835. 



'^The Committee appointed under the fifteenth by-law 

 of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania, for the pur- 

 pose of " inspecting the papers, collections, library and 

 other property of the Society, and of auditing the 

 treasurer's accounts," respectfully submit the following 

 statements as the result of their investigation. Anxious 

 to present to the members of the Society, on the present 

 occasion, such a statement as would afford a correct and 

 satisfactory view of the existing condition and future 

 prospects of the institution, your committee, in addition 

 to their personal examination of its property and effects, 

 requested and received from the curators and other offi.- 

 cers, written reports of their respective proceedings. 

 From these documents, and from the recorded minutes of 

 the society's transactions, the following details have been 

 chiefly derived. Since the date of the last annual report, 

 it will be seen, on referring to the minutes, that much has 

 been accomplished towards promoting the objects of the 

 society, by diffusing useful knowledge and in its endeav- 

 ours to effect a complete geological survey of the state 

 of Pennsylvania. For this purpose a committee was ap- 

 pointed with instructions to urge upon the legislature of 

 the state, the importance of such a measure, with a view 



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