ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL, 
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been ably investigated by the Rev. T. Pearson, and 
the results communicated to the Council in an admi- 
rable paper, accompanied by illustrative specimens, 
which it is intended to lay before the Society, upon 
the present occasion. Mr. Allies and Mr. Lees have 
conjointly examined the grauwacke and limestone 
hills from Mathon to the Old Storage, and from 
thence to Knightwick. Numerous specimens of these 
rocks have been deposited by Mr. Allies in the 
Museum, and the Council are led to expect from the 
known perseverance and talents of these gentlemen, 
that a communication of the facts observed will 
shortly be laid before them. 
The Pensax coal-field has been ably described by 
Mr. Pearson, in the paper already adverted to ; and 
the examination of the coal-measures of Dudley, and 
the basalt of the Rowley Hills, has been undertaken 
by Dr. Feild. That gentleman has presented speci- 
mens of these interesting formations, which the 
Council trust he will further illustrate by a paper 
detailing his researches. 
The investigation of the lias and oolite series 
of Bredon Hill and its vicinity, undertaken by H. 
Strickland, Esq., has already been laid before the 
Society ; while the extensive red marl formations 
were described at considerable length in the Lecture 
delivered by Dr. Hastings. 
The discovery of remains of extinct animals, parti- 
cularly of the hippopotamus recently found in the 
gravel at Cropthorne, and presented to the Society, 
has induced the Geological Committee to carry on the 
