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ferent Sections, confining our notice simply to those relating 

 to Geology and Mineralogy, and reporting those only, which 

 are most interesting or novel ; premising, however, a statement 

 of the grants made by the Association at the General 

 Meeting, as far as they relate to the sciences on which we 

 are engaged : 



For examining the gases evolved from iron fur- 

 naces, with a view to the economy of fuel, by 

 Dr. Lyon Playfair and a committee . . £50 0 



For the further illustration, by engravings, of a re- 

 port on British fossil reptiles, by Prof Owen, 

 under the direction of Sir H. T. de la Beche 

 and other members {additional) , . £40 0 



For making coloured drawings of railway excava- 

 tions ...... £200 0 



For registering the shocks of earthquakes in the 

 British Islands, under the direction of Dr. 

 Buckland and a committee . . . £100 0 



For uncovering the lower new red sandstone, at 



Colly hurst, near Manchester, by Mr. Binney . £10 0 

 For experiments on the temperature of mines in 



Ireland, by Major Portlock , . . £I0 0 



The President (Lord Francis Egerton) alluded in his 

 address to the benefits which this association had conferred 

 upon science generally, by afi'ording the means of the pub- 

 lication of reports, such as that now entrusted to Professor 

 Owen, which would otherwise have been lost to the scien- 

 tific world. 



Comparing the grants made at the present meeting with 

 those of the preceding year, we find that the former are 

 in addition to the following amounts — viz : 

 For Railway Sections £161 lis. making in all £361 lis. 

 For British Belemnites £ 50 Os. . . . £ 50 Os. 

 For Fossil Reptiles £210 Os. . . . £250 Os. 



