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THE GEOLOGIST. 



W. Tierney Clark, F.R.S., F. Collier, A. Marshall, C. Mox- 

 on (Treasurer), P. J. Bruff, M. Just. C.E., B. W. Croker^ 

 Hon. Secretary, George F. Fordham ; Hon. Curator, H. Wat- 

 kins. 



The following amendment in the rules was adopted, viz : 

 " Members resident in the country, at least ten miles from 

 London, shall be exempted from payment of the entrance 

 fee, and may compound, for their annual subscription upon 

 payment of £S. 8s." 



The thanks of the society were then ordered to be pre- 

 sented to the Council for their services during the past year, 

 to the Treasurer, to the donors to the museum and library^ 

 and to the authors of the several papers read at the meetings 

 of the society during the past session. 



Mention was made, during the course of the meeting, of 

 the increased facilities which would be afforded by this 

 society, on the completion of their museum (which already 

 includes upwards of twelve thousand specimens), for the 

 acquirement of scientific knowledge ; and the chairman con- 

 gratulated the members on the success of the meetings, the 

 unostentatious nature of which, while affording the greatest 

 pleasure to the members individually, proved that it is not 

 so much from the number as from the qualifications and 

 energy of those constituting a list of members, that science 

 derives most benefit. 



MISCELLANEA, 



Beraunite, a new mineral. — This substance is found 

 at Hobeck, near Beraun, in Bohemia, in the crevices of a 

 rich ore of siUcate of iron ; it closely resembles the oxide 

 of cobalt (cobalt-bloom), and Vivianite. When melted, it 

 resembles glass in vitreous appearance j and on its cleavage 



