COUNCIL FOR 1873. 
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boulders exliibiting various litliological and geological peculiar¬ 
ities have been seciu’ed to tlie Society. 
The possession of such specimens in a geological point of 
view is important. The forces by which these erratic blocks 
have been detached from the rocks of which they formed part, 
the positions of the original rocks, and the lines of drift by 
which their distribution over wide areas in the United Kingdom 
has been effected, has always been a problem of great interest 
to Ueologists. 
The Council may observe that the distribution of Boulders 
over wide areas in England and Wales is a subject now under 
the consideration of a committee specially appointed for the 
pimpose by the British Association. 
The Cimator of Botany reports 
That the English and Foreign Herbariums are in a good 
state of preservation. 
T. B. Wliytehead, Esq., recently returned from New Zealand, 
has presented to the Society a specimen of Phormium Tenax 
(New Zealand Flax), as prepared by the East Coast Natives ; 
also a beautiful specimen of Kami Gium from Auckland, 
Province of New Zealand. 
Mr. Harding, of Walkern Eectory, has presented to the 
Society a specimen of Sea Cocoa Nut, from the Seychelles 
Islands. 
The Curator of Ethnology and Conchology reports that no 
addition of importance has been made to these collections 
during the past year. 
From the Department of Antiquities the following report 
has been received. 
The excavations for the New Station of the North Eastern 
Pailway have been continued during the past year, and have 
produced some interesting residts. Many objects illustrative of 
Poman life and manners have been brought to light. Several 
Sarcophagi have been exhumed, none of them, however, 
exhibiting inscriptions or sculpture. The bodies of the dead 
