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REPORT OE THE 
known to G-eologists as one of tke most valuable private 
collections in the United Kingdom. 
The Council congratulate the Society on its acquisition of a 
collection, which, when displayed in the Society’s rooms, will 
raise our Museum to the first rank among similar scientific 
Institutions in this country. The arrangement of the collec¬ 
tion will be a work of some time, and is now being actively 
and systematically carried out, under the personal superin¬ 
tendence of Mr. lleed, by Dr. Purves, the recently appointed 
Keeper of the Musemn. 
The Collection presented by Mr. Peed consists of :— 
1. A complete series of shells of the Land, Fresh-water and 
Marine Mollusca of Grreat Britain, comprising many fine 
specimens of the rarer species and several of those forms first 
ascertained to be still living members of the British Fauna 
during the dredging expedition of the Lightning ” and 
Porcupine.” 
2. An extensive collection of Mammalian remains from 
English Post-Tertiary deposits, remarkable among which, for 
their fine state of preservation, are the teeth and bones of 
Phinoceros, Horse, Hippopotamus, Urns, Megaceros, Elephant, 
Bear, Lion, Hyaena, Beaver, &c. 
3. A large series of shells of the same period from Fluviatile 
and Marine deposits in various parts of England, Scotland and 
Ireland. 
4. A magnificent collection of Fossils from the Norwich, 
Ped and Coralline Crags. The suite of Yertebrate remains, 
especially, is of great value. This is probably the finest 
private collection of Crag fossils in England, and it is doubtful 
whether it can be equalled in any of oiu’ great public Museums. 
5. A series of Plant remains from the Miocene beds of 
Bovey Tracy and Antrim, which, with similar lacustrine 
deposits in Mull, are the only formations of Mid-Tertiary age 
in the British Isles. The animal life of the period is illustrated 
by collections of Shells from Touraine, the neighbourhood of 
Bordeaux, and the Basin of Vienna. 
6. A large collection of Eocene fossils in a beautiful state 
of preservation, and in which the several subdivisions of the 
deposits of that period in England are fully represented. 
