THE COUNCIL. 
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strongly confirms the inference, already drawn from the cha¬ 
racter of its imbedded shells, that the Crag must be regarded 
as the most recent of all the marine tertiary strata in England. 
Equally important for the history of the more ancient 
deposits associated with coal, is the Fossil Plant discovered by 
the Rev. C. V. Harcourt, which, by affording to Mr. Witham 
the means of determining the internal texture of Lepidodendra, 
and of establishing a new analogy between these giants of the 
older time and the humble Lycopodiaceae of the present period, 
has at once confirmed, by additional data, the inferences of 
that eminent botanist, Brongniart, and thrown a new light on 
all that relates to the formation of coal. Always attentive to 
this interesting subject, the Council have had a particular 
pleasure in receiving the fine SigillaricB, presented by Lord 
Milton, from the collieries at Rawmarsh; and the StigmaricB 
Lepidodendra^ &c. collected by Mr. Dawson, from the lower 
coal strata near Halifax. 
The casts of Fossil Fruits which have been received from 
the Scarborough Philosophical Society ; the Jet impressed by 
an Ammonite, from the estate of Lord Feversham; the un¬ 
described Fucus, which, with other treasures, have been se¬ 
lected from the cabinet of the Rev. Christopher Sykes, furnish 
new and valuable data; and the Fishes from the magnesian 
limestone of Durham i ; the Stellerida from the chalk of 
Norfolk ^ ; Rock Specimens from Teesdale ^ ; and Hip- 
purites, and other fossils from abroad will all find appro¬ 
priate places in our comprehensive arrangement. 
While far distant from this Museum, the Curator of 
Mineralogy has not been unmindful of his peculiar charge, 
' Presented by H. Smales, Esq. " By jNIr. S. Woodward. ^ By 
Mr. D. Tuke. * By Wm. Marshall, Esq. 
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