Geological Society of London

Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

.4NNU,4L GENER,4L MEETING, FEBRUARY 15, 1856.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.

THE Council, in laying their annual statement of the affairs of the Society before its Members, beg to express their opinion that it ewnces a continuance of the same satisfactory state to which, on former occasions, they have directed attention. The number of Fellows, it is true, has suffered a diminution of nine; but this is mainly to be attributed to the numerous deaths which have occurred since the last anniversary. The Society from this cause has lost twenty-six ordinary Fellows, and seven have resigned during the same period, making a loss of thirty-three. Twenty new Fellows have been elected in the past year, and four elected ill the previous year have paid their subscriptions in this ; making, in all, 24, which, deducted from 33, leaves a loss to the Society of 9, as Before stated. One Foreign Member has died, and one has been elected during the year. The total number of the Society at the close of 1854 was 884, and 875 at the dose of 1855. The expenditure during 1855 has exceeded the income by s 128. 4d. : but in the income is included ~191 12,. 9d., the balance at the beginning of the year. The actual excess of expenditure is, therefore, ~s 58. ld., which has principally been occasioned by increased expenditure on the Quarterly Journal and YOL. XII.. a Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

the forthcoming Volume of the Transactions. The Council con- fidently hope that the Fellows will not regret an outlay, whose purpose is to further those objects for which they are associated. At the same time they would remark that the expenditure on this head would be materially lightened, were it met by a greater disposition on the part of the Fellows to purchase the Society's publications. Were this the case, the Council would have it in its power to do justice to the Memoirs read before the Society by more liberal illus- tration. Among those whose loss the Society has to deplore during the past year is George Bellas Greenough, the first President of this Society, and ever its liberal patron. At his death, which occurred in April 1855, he bequeathed to the Society all his title to the Geological Map of England which bears his name, and which will ever be a monument of his extensive knowledge and untiring perse- verance; he also bequeathed all his Books, Maps, Charts, Sections, and Engravings relating to Geology. He further bequeathed to the Society the sum of ~500 to defray the expense of finding accommo- clarion for the Collections. This sum of ~500 has been for the present invested in the Funds; so that the amount of the Funded .Property of the Society, which at the close of 1854 was~4014 158.8d., Is now ~4578 19s. 2d. In addition to this the Society holds two Exchequer bills of ~100 each. Amongst the many Donations received since the last anniversary, the Council would call especial notice to the "Natural History of Deeside," b~r the late Dr. McGillivray, printed at the expense of Her Majes~, and presented by His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Fellow of this "Society. Many other copies of this beautifully executed work have been liberally distributed among the Fellows by His Royal Highness. The Council have to report that the 1 lth volume of the Quarterl~r Journal has been completed ; and that the 1st part of volume 12th will very shortly appear, although its publication from unavoidable circumstances has been retarded. The Council have also to state that the 4th part of the 7th volume of the Transactions is in the press, and will shortly appear. The Supplement to the Catalogue of the Library, of which six sheets are now printed, will also soon be ready for publication. In conclusion the Council beg to state, that they have unani- mously awarded the Wollaston Palladium Medal to Sir William E. Logan, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, for his valuable contrib~ions to geological knowledge in his elaborate papers on the ori~ and structure of the Coal-beds in England, and for his subsequent labours in Canada, in carrying out the Geological Survey of that country ; and particularly for the admirable Geological Map of Canada, constructed by himself from materials of his own collecting, and exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, last year. They have also awarded the balance of the proceeds of the Fund to M. G. Deshayes, for his great exertions in the extension of our knowledge of Tertiary Geology, and for his Paleontological works Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT. l!l

illustrative of the Tertiary Basin of Paris, and to assist him in the publication of the forthcoming continuation of his Work "Sur les C.oquiUes fossiles du Bassin de Paris."

Report of ttte Litrary and Museum Committee. Litrary. During the past year the principal addition to the Library has been the magnificent bequest of Mr. Greenough of the whole of his collection of Geological Books and Maps : these have not yet been arranged in our Library, but, as the Council has appointed a special Committee to consider of the best plan for the arrangement of that collection, it is not necessary for us to enter into the consideration of this important matter. The other additions which "have been made to the Library during the year have all been worked into their places both in the shelves and the Catalogue ; among these we call attention to the large number of]~arts of the Journals of various Scientific Societies, both English anct Foreign, which have been obtained by application to those So- cieties, or by exchange of our own publications for them, and the Geological and Mineralogical contents of which will be found under the list of the Donations published in our Journal by the Assistant- Secretary. The system of exchanging" publications with other Societies has answered so we!l, that we strongly recommend its continuance and extension as opportunities occur. The additional shelves ordered by the Council have been placed in the Assistant-Secretary s room, and have served to receive the additions constantly reaching the Society ; they will probably be sufficient to hold the usual additions of the next two years, if another recep- tacle be prepared for Mr. Greenough's books: the re-arrangement of the serials brought on by the moving part from the old to the new shelves has taken up a good deal of Mr. Jones's time. The mounting of such Maps as are likely to be often referred to, including all those lately received from the Ordnance Geological Survey, has been continued, and two new Map-Cases have been added to hold them; and a Stand has been added to hold large Portfoliosl The printing of the Supplemental Catalogue has been proceeded with ; six sheets are already printed, containing nearly all the books, and the printers are at work on the part containing the rest of the Books and the Maps ; and the MS. Catalogue of the Charts is already prepared. This, when completed, will include all the additions to the Library during the ten years ending with 1853. As the MS. additions to the volume of the Catalogue of reference in the Library, which contains the Periodicals, are now included in the printed Supplement, it is desirable that a portion of that volume should be re-arranged for greater convenience of reference, In the Lower Museum a Case has been added to receive Maps and Charts, and is already partly occupied. Application was made to the Board of Ordnance for the revised sheets of the Survey of England, and for the Block.Plan of London~ which application has been refused by letter of 4th June 1855. a2 Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

~eum. The additions to the British Collection indude a large collection of specimens from Bovey Tracey, presented by Dr. J. G. Croker, which have just been received, and are not yet placed; also a set of Fossil Plants from Stud]and, presented by Mr. W. R. Brodie ; and a very interesting series of Ferns, &c., from the Yellow Sandstone of Ire- land, presented by the ReD. Prof. Hanghton, F.G.S. ; also specimens of Allophane from the chalk-pit of Charlton, Kent, presented by Dr. Krantz. During M. E. Renevier's stay in London he examined all the specimens from the Gault in our collection, and compared their names with those in use on the Continent, especially with those of Pictet and Roux, in their "Mollnsques fossiles des Gr~s Verts de Oen~ve." Agreeably to the order of the Council, an interleaved copy of Mr. Morris's Catalogue of British Fossils has been placed in the Museum, to serve as a means of cataloguing our collection; and a beginning has been made in it by Mr. S. V. Wood, in the Tertiary series, and by Mr. D. Sharpe in the Cretaceous series. It is to be hoped that other Fellows of the Society will lend their assistance towards carrying out this most desirable object. Mr. Gawan has been employed during the year assisting Mr. Jones, both in the necessary attention to the Museum and in the arranging the Library and preparing a catalogue of Mr. Greenough's books; and Mr. Jones reports most favourably of the assistance which he has received from him. The following interesting additions of foreign specimens have been received :m Cryolite, Tantalite, and Eudi~ite-roek, from Evigtok, Greenland; presented by J. W. Tayler, Esq. The specimens of Tantalite are particularly fine. The ReD. Mr. Hislop, of Nagpoor, has continued to send us valuable collections of Fossil Plants and other Organic Remains, from the Nagpoor Territory, and which we hope will soon be examined by several Fellows of the Society, who have promised their assistance towards their publication in the Society's Journal. Mr. J. W. Mudge has presented an interesting collection of Tertiary Fossils from Prome, which, added to those which the Society has before received from Col. Turton and Mr. Crawfurd, make up a most interesting series from that locality. DANIEL SHARPE. 9S. P. PRATt. January 30, 1856. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT. V

Comparative Statement of the Number of the Society at the close of the years 1854 and 1855.

Dec. 31, 1854. Dec. 31, 1855. Compounders ...... 137 ...... 131 Residents ...... 203 ...... 201 Non-residents ...... 475 ...... 474

815 806 Honorary Members ...... 15 ...... ]5 Foreign Members ...... 50 ...... 50 Personages of Royal Blood 4--69 ...... 4--69

884 875

General Statement explanatory of the dlteration in the Number of Fellows, Honorary Members, ~fc. at the close of the years 1854 and 1855.

Number of Compounders, Residents, and Non-residents, December 31, 1854 ...... : ...... 815 Add, Fellows elected during former'[ Resident .... 2 years, and paid in 1-855 ...... S Non-resident 2 --4 Fellows elected, and paid, during'[. Resident .... 13 1855 ...... j" Non-resident 7 --20 24

839 Deduct, Compounders deceased ...... 7 Residents ...... 7 Non-residents ...... 12 Resigned ...... 7 33

Total number of Fellows, 31st Dec. 1855, as above.. 806 Number of Honorary Members, Foreign Members, and "1, 69 Personages of Royal Blood, December 31, 1854 .... J Add, Foreign Member elected during 1855 ...... 1

70 Deduct, Foreign Member deceased ...... 1

As above 69 Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

vi ANNIVERSARY MEXTING.

Number of Fellow, lia61e to Annual Contribution at the close of 1855, with the Alterationz during the year. Number at the close of 1854 ...... 203 Add, Elected in former years, and paid in 1855 ...... 2 Elected and paid in 1855 ...... 13 Non-residents who became Resident ...... 4

+ : 222 Deduct, Deceased ...... 7 Resigned ...... 6 Compounded ...... 1 Became Non-resident ...... 7 -- 21 As above 201

DECEASED FELLOWS. Compoumters (7). John Brogden, Jun., Esq. I Rt. tton. Sir W. Molesworth. C. Colelough, Esq. I E.W.W. Pendarves, Esq. G. B. Greenough, Esq. Rev. Richard Sheepshanks. John Ward, Esq.

Residents (7). Sir H. T. De la Beche. [ Philip Pusey, Esq. Lord de Mauley. I W.D. Saull, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir T. F. Lewis, Bt. J.H. Vivian, Esq. Thos. Weaver, Esq.

Non-residents (12). W. A. Cadell, Esq. Rev. E. James. J. E. Cliffe, Esq. Prof. J. F. W. Johnston. L. L- Dillwyn, Esq. Josias Lambert, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir H. Ellis. Christopher Rawson, Esq. J. D. Gilbert, Esq. George Stephenson, Esq. Rev. J. P. Higman. Alfred Thomas, Esq.

Foreign Member (1). M. G. Fischer de Waldheim. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT. vii

The following Persons were elected Fellows during the year 1855.

January 3rd.mAlexander Halley, M.D., Queen Anne Street. . ~31st.mRev. Thos. J. Prout, A.M., Christ Church, Oxford. February 21st.--Edward Hull, Esq., A.B., Geological Survey of Great Britain. April 4th.mE. Ward Jackson, Esq., Bayswater ; James E. Saunders, jun., Esq., Finsbury Circus; Edward L. J. Ridsdale, Esq., Ton- bridge ; and G. Henry Wathen, Esq., Clifton, Bristol. 9. 18th.~John George Blackburn, Esq., Oldham ; and Rev. Win. Charles Kendall, Newmarket-upon-Trent. May 2nd.~William Foster White, Esq., St. Bartholomew's Hos- pital; C. S. Mann, Esq., Eltham; Lucas Barrett, Esq., Totten- ham Court Road ; and John D'Urban, Esq., Gordon Street. 16th.--Edward H. Hargraves, Esq., Upper Spring Street. 30th.--Rev. John Knowles, Croydon; and James M'Cann, Esq., Liverpool. June 13th.--George D. Gibb, M.D., Guildford Street. Nov. 7th.---William Harrison, Esq., Blackburn, Lancashire. 21st.uJames G. Sawkins, Esq., Swanage. Dec. 5th.mJohn Lubbock, Esq., High Elms, Famborough ; Henry Conybeare, Esq., Abingdon Street; and Richard Hayter Jarvis, Esq., Dorset Square.

The following Person was elected a Foreign Mera6er. June 13th.--Dr. Carl Friedrieh Naumann, Leipsie.

The following Donations to the MUSEUM have been received since the last Anniversary.

British Specimens. Iron Ore from Waltham on the Wolds; presented by J. A. Knipe, Esq. Specimens of Allophane from the Charlton Chalk Pit ; presented by Dr. Krantz. Fossil Freshwater Shells from Fisherton, near Salisbury; presented by J. Brown, Esq., F.G.S. Specimens of Ferns, &c., in the Yellow Sandstones of Ireland; presented by the Rev. Prof. S. Hanghton, F.G.S. Specimens of Fossil Leaves from Studland, Dorset; presented by W. R. Brodie, Esq. Lignite and Rock-specimens from Bovey Traeey, Devon; presented by Dr. Croker. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

.~ VIII ANNIVERSARY MEETING. Foreign Specimen& Fossils from Algoa Bay; presented by J. S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.G.S. Fossil Plants from the Pachmadi ~[ills; presented by the Rev. Messrs. Hislop and Hunter. Suite of Fossils from Prome ; presented by J. W. Mudge, Esq. Fish-remains from Mokattam, Egypt ; presented by L. Homer, Esq., F.G.S. Specimens from the Nummulitic formation of Switzerland ; presented by M. E. Renevier. Specimens from Silurian Rocks of Beechy Island; presented by Dr. Armstrong. Specimens of Scandinavian Limestones with 13eyrichim; presented by T. R. Jones, Esq., F.G.S. Specimens of Cryolite, Tantalite, and Eudiatitic rock, from Evigtok, Greenland; presented by J. W. Tayler, Esq. Vegetable-remains and other Fossils from the Nagpur Territory; presented by the Rev. Mr. Hislop.

CHARTS AND ~.APS. The Charts, &c., published by the Admiralty during the past year; presented by John Washington, Esq., by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Twenty-six Charts published by the Dep6t de la Marine; presented by the Director-General of the "Dep6t de la Marine." Geognostische Karte des Thtiringer-Waldes, yon H. Credner; 4 sheets and Memoir ; presented by Herr Justus Perthes. Golpe de vista da America do Sul, by J. D. Sturz ; presented by the Author. Section of the Greensand at East Compton, Dorset, by J. Hicks, Esq. ; presented by the Author. Topographical Map of London and its Environs, by R.W. Mylne, Esq., F.G..8.. ; presented by the Author. Geologische Ubersiehts-Karte der Schweiz, yon B. Studer und A. Esther ; presented by M. S. M. Ziegler. Deux Vues Gdologiques pour servir g la Description G&logique du Danemark repr~sentant les Falaises de Stevens-Klint et de MSens- Klint, par C. Pfiggaard ; presented by the Author. Map of the Vestiges of Assyria, in 3 sheets; presented by the Asiatic Society of Great Britain. Map of St. Thomas, with MS. Index of Geological Features, by H. B. Hornbeck, M.D. ; presented by the Author. Tableau Synoptique des Terrains et des principales Couches Min~rales qui constituent le Sol du Bassin Parisien, par M. Chas. d'Orbigny; presented by the Author. Geological Map of Wisconsin, by J. A. Lapham ; presented by the Author. A Leptometer, invented by M. le Dr. Guido Sandberger; presented by Dr. Sandberger. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT. ix

The following LIST contains the Names of the Persons and Public Bodies from whom Donations to the Library and Museum were received during the past year. Admiralty, Lords Commission- Chapman, E. J., Esq. ers of the. Chemical Society of London. Albert, His Royal Highness Ciwl Engineers' Journal, Editor Prince, F.G.S. of the. American Academy of Arts and Clarke, Rev. W. B., F.G.S. Sciences. Copenhagen, Royal Society of. American Philosophical Society. Critic, Editor of the. Ansted, Prof. D. T., F.G.S. Croker, Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Arnott, N., M.D., F.G.S. D'Archiac, M. le Vicomte A., Art-Union of London. For. M.G.S. Ashley, J. M., Esq. Darwin, C., Esq., F.G.S. Ashmolean Society. Davidson, Thomas, Esq., F.G.S. Asiatic Society of Bengal. Dawson, J. W., Esq., F.G.S. Asiatic Society of Great Britain. Delesse, M. A. Athenmum Journal, Editor of the. Deslongchamps, M. E. Baker, J. G., Esq. Dijon, Academy of Sciences of. Barlow, P. W., Esq., F.G.S. Di]ke, C. W., Esq., F.G.S. Barrande, M. J., For. M.G.S. D'Orbigny, M. C. Basel Natural History Society. Dublin Geological Society. Belcher, Captain Sir Edward, East India Company, The Hon. R.N., C.B., F.G.S. Edinburgh, Royal Society of. Belgium, Royal Academy of Egerton, Sir P. G., Bart., M.P., Sciences of. F.G.S. Berlin, German Geological So- Everest, Rev. Robert, F.G.S. ciety at. Berlin, Royal Academy of Sci- Fairbairn, Win., Esq., F.G.S. ences at. Faraday, M., D.C.L., F.G.S. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Favre, M. A. Bianconi, Signor J. J. Forbes, D., Esq., F.G.S. Binney, E. W., Esq., F.G.S. Forchhammer, Dr. J. G., For. M. Boston Natural History Society. G.S. Bowerbank, J. S., Esq., F.G.S. Forrester, J. J., Esq. Breslau Academy. France, Geological Society of. British Museum, Trustees of the. Frankfort Society of Sciences. Brodie, W. R., Esq. Franklin Institute of Pennsyl- Brown, J., Esq., F.G.S. vania. Calcutta Public Library. Geinitz, Dr. Hans Bruno. Canadian Journal, Editor of the. Geographical and Commercial Candolle, M. A. de. Gazette, Editors of the. Catullo, Prof. T. A. Gillis, Lieut. J. M., A.M. Caus and Co., Messrs. Glasgow Philosophical Society. Caufley, CoL Sir P. T., K.C.B., Goebel, Herr yon A. F.G.S. Graty, M. A. M. du. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNIVERSARY MEETING, Greenough, G. B., Esq.,V.P.G.S. Lyon, C~)mmission Hydrom~- Greg, R. P. jun., Esq., F.G.S. trique de. Griffin and Co., Messrs. Madrid Royal Academy of Halle Societyof Natural Science. Sciences. Hamilton, W. J., Esq., Pres.G.S. Manchester PhilosophicalSociety. Harkness, Prof., F.G.S. Mantell, R. N., Esq. Hauer, Herr F. R. v. Marcou, M. Jules. Haughton, Rev. Prof. S., F.G.S. Martins, M. Ch. H(~bert, M. E. Meyer, Herr Hermann yon, For. Hewitt, H. jun., Esq. M.G.S. Hicks, J., Esq. Montagna, M. C. Hislop, Rev. S. Moore, J. C., Esq., F.G.S. Holmes, Prof. F. S. Mortillet, M. G. de. Hombres-Firmas, M. le Baron de. Moscow Imperial Society of Na- Hooker, J. D., M.D., F.G.S. turalists. Hombeck, H. B., M.D. Mudge, J. W., Esq. Homer, L., Esq., F.G.S. Munich, Bavarian Academy of HSrnes, Dr. M. Sciences of. Horticultural Society. Murchison, Sir R. I., F.G.S. Hunter, Rev. R. Museum of Practical Geology. Mylne, R. W., Esq., F.G.S. Indian Archipelago Journal, Editor of the. New York Lyceum of Natural Institute of Actuaries. History. New York, University of the James~ Lieut.-Col. H., R.E., State of. F.G.S. Jennings, F. M., Esq., F.G.S. Orleans Academy of Sciences. Jones, T. R., Esq., F.G.S. Palmontographical Society. Knipe, J. A., Esq. Paris, A,cademy of Sciences of. Krantz, Dr. Paris, Ecole des Mines de. Paris, M. le Directeur-G~n~raldu Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Dep6t de la Marine de. Society. Paris, Mus4um d'Histoire Na- Langel, M. A. turelle de. Lapham, J. A., Esq. Perrey, M. A. Lea, J., LL.D. Perthes, Herr Jnstus. Leeds Philosophical Society. Petermann, Dr. A. Leidy, J., M.D. Peters, Herr K. F. Linnean Society. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Literary Gazette, Editor of the. Sciences. Liverpool Literary and Philoso- Photographic Society. phical Society. Pietet, Prof. F. J. Logan, Sir W. E., F.G.S. Prussian Government. Lombardy, Imperial and Royal Puggaard, M. C. Institute of. Longman and Co., Messrs. Reeve, L., Esq., F.G.S. Lyell, Sir Charles, F.G.S. Renevier, M. E. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT, xi Roemer, Dr. Ferd. Stockholm Royal Academy of Royal Agricultural Society. Sciences. Royal Astronomical Society. Suess, M. Edouard. Royal College of Surgeons. Royal Geographical Society. Tayler, J. W., Esq. Royal Institution of Great Bri- Taylor, R., Esq., F.G.S. tain. Thomson, T., M.D. Royal Irish Academy. Trask, J. B., Esq. Royal Society of London. Trimmer, J., Esq., F.G.S. Ryckholt, M. le Baron de. Turin Royal Academy of Selene es.

Sandberger, Dr. F. Vaud Society of Natural Sciences. Sandberger, Dr. G. Verneuil, M. E. de, For. M.G.S. Searborough Philosophical and Vienna Geological Institute. Archaeological Society. Vienna Imperial Academy of Schmidt, Dr. Carl. Sciences. Scottish Meteorological Associa- tion. United States Patent Office. Sedg~dek, Rev. Prof., F.G.S. Sheffield Literary and Philoso- Wailes, B. L. C., Esq. phical Society. Wathen, G. H., Esq., F.G.S. Sherz, M. T. D. Wetterau Society. Siena, Aeeademia del Fisiocritici Wright, Dr. T. de. Silliman, Prof., M.D., F.G.S. Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Smithsonian Institution. Society of Arts. Ziegler, M. S. M. Statistical Society." Zeisczner, Herr C.

List of PAPERS read since the last Anniversary Meeting, February 16th, 1855. 1855. Feb, 21st.---Evidences of the Occurrence of Glaciers and Icebergs in the Permian Periods by Prof. A. C. Ramsay, F.G.S. March 7th.--On the Geology of the Ballarat, Eureka, and Creswick Creek Gold-fields, Victoria, by M. H. Rosales ; communicated by W.W. Smyth, Esq., F.G.S. On the Geology of Part of the Peel River District, Australia, by M. F. Odernheimer; communicated by Sir R. I. Murehison, V.P.G.S. .... On the Occurrence of Obsidian Bombs in the Auri- ferous Alluvium of Australia, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.G.S. -" On the Occurrence of Fossil Mammalian Bones in the Auriferous Alluvium of Australia, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.G.S...... Notes on the Geology of New South Wales, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.G.S. ; in a Letter to Sir R. I. Murehison, V.P.G.S. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

xii ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 1855. April 4th.--On the Palaeozoic Rocks of the Thfiringerwald and the Hartz, by Sir R. I. Murehison, V.P.G.S., and Prof. J. Morris, F.G.S. April 18th.--On theSt. Cassian Beds between the Keuper and the Lias in the Vorarlberg, by Prof. Merian ; in a Letter to Sir R. I. Murchison, u On Fossils from the Keuper at Pendock, near the Malvems, by the Rev. W. S. Symonds, F.G.S. On Cretacecous Rocks near Natal, South Africa, by Capt. Garden; with a Notice of the Fossils, by W. H. Baily, Esq. ; communicated by R. Godwin-Ansten, Esq., F.G.S. On the Geology of Natal, by P. C. Sutherland, M.D.; in Letters to Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. May 2nd.--On the Physical Geography and the Pleistocene Phm- nomena of the Cotteswold Hills, by E. Hull, Esq., F.G.S. Notice of the Occurrence of Coal near the Gulf of Nieomedia, by D. Sandison, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul at Brussa; forwarded by the Foreign Orifice. On the Anthracitic Schists and Fucoidal Shales of the Lower Silurians in the South of Scotland, by Prof. R. Hark- ness, F.G.S. May 16th.--Geological Notes on the British Possessions in North America, accompanied by a Geological Map, by A. K. Isbister, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. Notes on the Geology of Georgia, U.S., by W. Bray, Esq. ; communicated by the President. On the Geology and the Coal-bearing Rocks of New Zealand, by C. Forbes, Esq. ; communicated by Sir H. T. De la Beche, F.G.S. Notes on the Geology of New ZealAnd, by J. C. Crawford, Esq. ; communicated by the President. Description of the Skull of the D/cyaod(m tigric~s, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. May 30th.--Notice of the Occurrence of a Bore at Port Lloyd, Bonin Islands, by P. W. Graves, Esq., H.M. Consul-General for the Sandwich Islands ; forwarded by the Foreign Office. On the probable Extension of the Coal-Mcasures be- neath the South-eastern Parts of England, by R. Godwin-Ansten, Esq., F.G.S. June 13th.--On the Remains of the Dicynodou from South Africa, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. On a Fossil Sirenoid Mammal from Jamaica, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. On the Brown-Coal Formation of Germany, by Prof. Beyrich; with Observations by W. J. Hamilton, Esq., Pres. G.S. On the Section of the Metamorphic and Devonian Rocks at the Eastern end of the Grampians, by Prof. Nicol, F.G.S. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

oo. ANNUAL REPORT. Xlll 1855. June 13th.wOn Fossils and Drift-wood collected in the Arctic Archipelago by Capt. M'Clure and Lieut. Pimm, by Sir R. I. Mur- chison, V.P.G.S. On the Raised Beaches of ArgTllshire, by Capt. E. J. Bedford ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. On Sand-worn Granite, by R. W. Fox, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. On the Red Soil of India, by Dr. W. Gilchrist ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. On the Umret and other Coal-fields of India, by the Rev. Stephen Hislop ; communicated by J. C. Moore, Esq., See. G.S. On the Earthquakes at Brussa, by D. Sand,son, Esq, H.M. Consul at Brussa ; forwarded by the Foreign Office. On someFossil Seeds from Lewisham, by J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.G.S. On some Fossil Seeds from the Bovey Lignite, by J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.G.S. November 7th.--On the Newer Tertiary Deposits of the Sussex Coast, by R. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.G.S. Report on the Coal of the North-Western Districts of Asia Minor, by H. Poole, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Mur- chison, V.P.G.S. November 21st.--Notice of the Boring at Kentish Town, by Joseph Prestwich, Esq., Sec. G.S. Notice of the Upper Silurian Rocks of Lesmahago, in the South of Scotland (in which Mr. Slimon has discovered Fossil Crustaceans), by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. Description of some Fossil Crustaceans from Lesma- hag., in the South of Scotland, by J. W. Salter, Esq., F.G.S. December 5th.--On the Tilestones, or Downton Sandstone, in the neighbourhood of Kington, and their fossil contents, by R. W. Banks, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. On the last Elevation of the Alps, with Notices of the Heights at which the Sea has left Traces of its Action on their Sides, by Daniel Sharpe, Esq., Treas. G.S. December 19th.--On the Remains of the Musk-Buffalo from the Gravel near Maidenhead, by Prof. Owen, F.G.S. Note on some Gravel Beds near Maidenhead, by Joseph Prestwich, Esq., Sec. G.S. On some of the Geological Features of the Country between the South-Down and the Sea, by P. J. Martin, Esq., F.G.S. 1856. January 9th.mOn the Physical Geography of the Tertiary Estuary of the Isle of Wight, by H. C. Sorby, Esq., F.G.S. On the probable Permian Character of the Red Sand- stones of the South of Scotland, by E. W. Binaey, Esq., F.G.S. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

~v ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 1856. January 23rd.--On the Cryolite of Evigtok in Greenland, by J. W. Tayler, Esq. ; communicated by Prof. Tennant, F.G.S. On remarkable Mineral Veins, with a Notice of Cobre Copper Lode, near Santiago de Cuba, by D. T. Ansted, Esq., F.G.S. February 6th.--Experimental Researches on the Granites of Ireland, by the Rev. Prof. Haughton, F.G.S. On the Raised Beaches of the Western Isles of Scot- land, by Capt. J. E. Bedford ; communicated by Sir R. I. Mur- chison, V.P.G.S. On the Section exposed in the Excavation of the Docks at Swansea, by M. Moggridge, Esq. ; communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. On the late Eruption of Manna Loa, Hawaii, by W. Miller, Esq., H.M. Consul at the Sandwich Isles; forwarded by the Foreign Office.

After the Reports had been read, it was resolved,- That they be received and entered on the Minutes of the Meeting ; and that such parts of them as the Council shall think fit, be printed and distributed among the Fellows. It was afterwards resolved,-- 1. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir R. I. Murchi- son and Professor Phillips, retiring from the office of Vice-President. 2, That the thanks of the Society be given to J. C. Moore, Esq., and Joseph Prestwich, Esq., retiring from the office of Secretary. 3. That the thanks of the Society be given to Daniel Sharpe, Esq., retiring from the office of Treasurer. 4. That the thanks of the Society be given to Dr. Bigsby, the Earl of Enniskillen, Dr. Hooker, Dr. Percy, and J. W. Salter, Esq., retiring from the Council. 5. That the thanks of the Society be given to W. J. Hamilton, Esq., retiring from the office of President. After the Balloting Glasses had been duly dosed, and the lists examined by the Scrutineers, the following gentlemen were declared to have been duly elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing year :--- Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT. XV

OFFICERS.

PRESIDENT. Daniel Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S.

FICE.PRESIDENTS. Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. R. A. Godwin-Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S. Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. and L.S. Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S.

SECRETARIES. Robert W. Mylne, Esq. Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A.

FOREIGN SECRETAR Y. Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S.

TREASURER. Joseph Prestwieh, Esq., F.R.S.

COUNCIL. Prof. Thomas Bell, F.R.S. and Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. and L.S. L.S. John C. Moore, Esq., M.A. Col. Sir P. T. Cautley, K.C.B., Prof. John Morris. F.R.S. and L.S. Sir R. I. Murchison, G.C.St.S., Earl of Ducie. F.R.S. and L.S. Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., Robert W. Mylne, Esq. F.R.S. S. R. Pattison, Esq. Thomas F. Gibson, Esq. Prof. John Phillips, F.R.S. R. A. Godwin-Austen, Esq., B.A., Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. F.R.S. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S. William John Hamilton, Esq., Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. F.R.S. and L.S. William Hopkins, Esq., M.A., Profi A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. F.R.S. D, Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S. Leonard Homer, Esq., F.R.S.L. WaringtonW. Smyth, Esq., M.A. and E. Henry Clifton Sorby, Esq. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

,.@o o o~

~ ]b,. 119 lr O"~

~,.i o ~'.. o 1 ~

/" ./

/ Z oa'~ ll~ t~,O-l:l // ~lt,.a ~" / .-a~, o / I/ Ur~ / o / ~ /

o .~l oa 8~m m ~/J m z ~Z ~8 u 2

~ I ~

,.~o o : 9 . . . . .

, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,-,4

0a.l "~ "~ " " " "0 " -~

~'~,~ ~. :

~OD "I~ 9 ,F~.o :'~ "- ~-~ ~ 0~-~ 9 ~ 9

~o~ ,~,-, =~ ,.=~.< ~_=o~..=~ : ~.r...)

"~ ~o ~" ~ ,~ ,.._~.~~.u - ~.-

0 ~a Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

Income and E3cpenditure during the

INCOME. s 8. d. ~ ~. d. Balance at Banker's, January 1, 1855 .... 383 4 3 Balance in Clerk's hands ...... "22 16 6 406 0 9 Legacy (Greenough) ...... 500 t 0 0 Composition received ...... 31 10 0 Arrears of Admission Fees ...... 33 12 0 Arrears of Annual Contributions ...... 34 13 0 68 "5 0 Admission Fees of 1855 ...... 155 8 0 Annual Contributions of 1855 ...... 636 6 0 Dividends on 3 per cent. Consols ...... 1i2 18 4 Dividends on Exchequer Bonds ...... 6 11 3 Publications : Longman & Co. for Sale of Journal in 1854 . 59 18 10 Sale of Transactions ...... 15 4 9 Sale of Proceedings ...... 0 8 0 Sale of Journal, Vol. I. to VI ...... 14 19 0 Sale of Journal, Vol. VII ...... 5 0 6 Sale of Journal, Vol. VIII ...... 8 14 0 Sale of Journal, Vol. IX ...... 16 5 6 Sale of Journal, Vol. X ...... 89 19 0 Sale of Journal, Vol. XI.* ...... 160 13 2 371 2 9 Sale of Library Catalogue ...... 0 17 6 Sale of Geological Map of England (Greenough) .... 7 10 0

Vouchers presented to us with these Statements, and find them correct. \\ THOS. F. GIBSON, Feb. 2, 1856. ALFRED TYLOR, S Auditors. ~2296 9 7

"" --_- It * Due from Messrs. Longman and Co., in addition to the above, on Journal, Vol. XI... s 7 6 Due from Authors for Corrections ...... 8 11 0 Due from Fellows for Subscriptions ...... 44 6 0

~110 4 6 Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

Year ending December 31st, 1855.

EXPENDITURE. £ #. d, Invested in Consols (Legacy) ...... 500 0 0 General Expenditure : £ s. d. Taxes ...... 64 12 10 Fire Insurance ...... 3 0 0 House Repairs ...... 13 2 2 Furniture Repairs ...... 9 16 1 New Furniture ...... 27 13 10 Fuel ...... 29 10 0 Light ...... 36 9 8 Miscellaneous House Expenses, including ~ 48 Postages ...... J 17 11 Stationery ...... 25 2 0 MisceUaneous Printing ...... 30 3 2 Tea for Meetings ...... 20 19 10 309 7 6 Salaries and Wages : Assistant Secretary and Curator ...... 200 0 0 Clerk ...... 120 0 0 Porter ...... 87 10 0 House Maid ...... 33 4 0 Occasional Attendants ...... 13 8 6 Collector ...... 22 19 10 -- 477 2 Library ...... 80 17 Museum, including Assistant ...... 40 18 Diagrams at Meetings ...... 8 17 Miscellaneous Scientific Expenses ...... 5 11 Publications : Transactions ...... 9 18 2 Transactions, Vol. VII. Pt. 4 ...... 81 2 8 Journal, Vols. I. to ¥I ...... 4 16 0 Journal, Vol. VII ...... 0 10 4 Journal, Vol. VIII ...... 1 7 10 Journal, Vol. IX ...... 1 4 9 Journal, Vol. X ...... 3 3 Journal, Vol. XI ...... 649 1 4 Journal, Vol. XII ...... 3 4 8 754 9 Balance at Banker's, Dec. 31, 1855 .... 117 16 0 Balance in Clerk's hands ...... 1 11 0 119 7 0

£2296 9 7 Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

~'~.~.o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~=~= ~.~ :~ ~,_, ~.~ ~. r.~ ~ ~-~ ~-- ~--~ ~ ,-~ i~.. ~::~ 0 ,--~

','-~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~" ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~:.~o~ ~ ~o _ ~ ~ ["~ _ C~ c-~ ~.~ ~ - ~ ~. ~o~=~'~: 4~'- ~ ~ ~"

i....,,i

~m 000~.~ 0 ~. z ~"~ '~ n~ ~ ~) C~ ~'~ "~ ~ ~ = ~ o~ ~ . ~ 0 : ~ ~~ ~ ..

" ~0~ . . ~'~ " ~ L~J

~ ~ o o ! i~ C~~ ~_~i ~ : : :- ~ I :

I 0 " , , ¢~¢V ": N

~! : ~'~.~: ~" ~ = ~-.~Eo •: ~,.~.,,~''-: :, ~c~o~ ~'~*" ~.~. ~'c~ - ~,-,.~.-= ~ ~ ~.~ ~,.~ :...... ~-: : : q,~ ~=,'-.~- ~. .~ : ~,~: .. ~

~: ~" : ~- : .- •

• ,'-~ ~:V • : : ". • ~ ,...... , , , , . .

: ~ • • . co • • o . • ...... , . , , .

• • : : : •

• . o • ° • ° o • . • . o o o o o o o o . ~D i~!ii iiii!ii!iii

: •.... o ° ° .• ~,co : • • • , o • • o . °

• ° . o o . ° ° . o o

o ,~

o .~ Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

xxi

PROCEEDINGS

AT THE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING,

15TH FEBRUARY, 1856.

AWARD OF THE WOLLASTON MEDAL AND DONATION FUND.

AFTER the Reports of the Council had been read, the President, W. J. Hamilton, Esq., on delivering to Sir Roderick I. Murchison the Wollaston Medal, awarded to Sir William Edmond Logan, addressed him as follows :u SIR RODERICK MURCHISON,--It has already been announced this day that the Council of the Geological Society have awarded the Wollaston Palladium Medal for this year to Sir William Logan for his valuable contributions to geological knowledge in his paper on the origin and structure of the coal-beds in England, and his subsequent labours in Canada in carrying out the geological survey of that country, and more particularly for the admirable geological map of Canada constructed by himself from materials of his own collecting, and exhibited at the great exposition at Paris last year. The Council hope that Sir William Logan will continue the further progress of this survey with the same energy which he has hitherto shown, and that the Canadian legislature will not be slow in pro- viding him with the necessary means to enable him to complete an undertaking which reflects no less credit on the Government which has so liberally supported him than on himself. In requesting you, Sir, to forward to Sir William Logan this mark of their appreciation of his exertions, I may be permitted to allude more fully to his merits and to some of the circumstances connected with his survey of the Canadian provinces. Previous to the year 1842, when Mr. Logan first commenced the geological survey of Canada, he had already distinguished himself in this country by several valuable papers communicated to this Society. In 1840" he read an interesting paper "On the character of the beds of clay lying immediately below the coal-seams of South Wales, and on the occurrence of coal-boulders in the Pennant grit of that district." In this paper Mr. Logan pointed out the great importance of this underclay varying from six inches to more than ten feet in thick- ness, and considered such an essential accompaniment of the coal. He also pointed out the important fact of the innumerable specimens of Sti#marlafleoides, by which these underclay beds are so strongly marked. He was, I believe, the first to remark that, from the fact * Proceedings of the Geol. Soe. of London, vol. iii. p. 275. VOL. XII. c Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

xxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

that over the vast area of the coal field of South Wales not a seam had been discovered without an underclay abounding in Sti~naria, it was impossible to avoid the inference that there must be some essential and necessary connexion between the existence of Stigmaria and the production of the coal. He thought there were reasonable grounds for supposing that in some way or other the Sti#maria flcoides was the plant to which may be mainly ascribed the vast stores of fossil fuel. In 1842 he communicated another important paper, "On the Coal-fields of Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia*," in which he described some interesting particulars connected with the extent and character of the carboniferous deposits of Pennsylvania; he also pointed out the extension to the coal-fields of America of those facts bearing on the origin of coal which I have alluded to in noticing his former paper on the coal-seams of South Wales. The presence of the tmderclay, or Stig~naria fire-clay as it is sometimes called, was almost universal. The second portion of this paper refers to the coal-fields of Nova Scotia, which he also examined in the autumn of 1S41. Here also he observes, that under every bed of coal which he had examined, amounting to more than twelve, he had detected the Stigmaria fire-clay, and he was informed by Mr. Poole, the super- intendent of the Albion Mines, that similar strata occupy the same position in the coal-field of Cape Breton. In the same year Mr. Logan communicated another paper to this Society, in which he described the ph~enomena accompanying the packing of ice in the river St. Lawrence. In the same paper he has described a remarkable landslip which took place in the valley of the St. Lawrence in 1840, and has also given an account of the occurrence of marine shells on Montreal Mountain, where they are found on a sort of raised beach, 430 feet above Montreal Harbour, or about 460 feet above the Atlantic. Since that period, with the exception of two papers on the fossil tracks in the Potsdam sandstone and on the stratigraphical relations of that rock, Mr. Logan's commmfications to this Society have ceased. Appointed in 1842 to superintend the geological survey of Canada his whole time and energies have ever since been devoted to that important work. We have watched his progress with interest, and now witness the result. And in congratulating him upon it we must not forget that before this period no systematic examination of the geol%~y of Canada had been undertaken. Up to that time some partial attempts only had been made by a few enlightened individuals to form a commission with the view to examine the country, both geologically and mineralogically ; but it was only in 1841 that the Chambers allotted a sum of ~1200, or 30,000 francs, for the geological examination of the province, and Sir William Logan was appointed to carry out the work with Mr. Alexander Murray as an assistant. The examination having been thus commenced, it was continued under the government of Lord Metcalfe by a second vote of 40,000 francs per annum, for five * Proceedings of the Geol. Soe. of London, vol. iii~ p. 707. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

~176 ANNIVERSARY MEETING.~WOLLASTON MEDAL. xxnl

years from 1845. In 1850 the grant was again renewed under the government of Lord Elgin for a similar period. When we consider the circumstances connected with carrying out a geological investigation in a new country like Canada, where the progress of civilization has not yet cleared the ground of its primmval forests, where the geographer has not yet prepared the way for the geologist by the construction of correct and trustworthy maps, and where commerce and social intercourse have not yet prepared the means of communication, we may form some idea of the vast difficulties with which Sir William Logan has had to co~atend, and which he has so successfully overcome. A considerable portion of the Canadian territory has already been geologically surveyed by Sir William Logan and Mr. Murray, assisted by Mr. Richardson. It appears that up to 1854 the explorations embraced the shores of Lakes Superior and Huron, as well as the great western basin of Canada, the valley of the St. Lawrence, as far as the Gulf, together with numerous other valleys, as the Richelieu, Yamaska, Saint Francois, and Chaudi~re, together with a large portion of Lower Canada south of the St. Lawrence, including the district of Gaspd. Having placed himself in communication with Mr. James Hall of New York, who is about to publish a geological map of the United States on the same scale as that of Canada, Sir William Logan has adopted the same subdivision of formations as that already employed by Mr. Hall in the palmozoic district of the United States ; we shall thus have the advantage of seeing these two maps constructed on the same plan, an arrangement of great importance for the furore examination of the American continent; and Sir William Logan deserves great praise for thus adopting a nomenclature already in- troduced, instead of endeavouring to establish a new one of his own. I can give no better evidence of the value of this survey and of the manner in which it has been carried on by Sir William Logan than by quoting the testimony of an American writer in Silliman's Journal*. It is there stated : "No geological survey on this continent has been carried on with more thoroughness and with results of higher importance to the science than those of Canada under the direction of Mr. W. E. Logan. There is great precision in his observations and exactness in his statements ..... All the observations bear directly on the geology of the United States, and they have already solved several doubtful points as to the age of American rocks." When the Canadian Government determined to send to the Paris Exhibition a series of the economic minerals of the country, Sir William Logan was charged with the arrangement of the collection, the whole of which, with scarcely an exception, had been procured by the personal exertions of the geological commission. In order to point out the geological relations of the specimens thus collected, he exhibited at the same time a map on the scale of 9oo~' 1 on which he laid down, for the first time, all the details of his geological * siuiman, vol. xix. N. S. p. 438. c2 Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

xxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. hbours ; I consider this map to be one of the special grounds which entitle Sir William Logan to the medal which has this day been awarded to him. I am sure that every one who saw it in the Paris Exposition, or subsequently in this country, must have been struck with its execution, and the clear idea it conveyed of the geological structure of the country. It only remains for me to request you to convey this token of our appreciation of his exertions to Sir William Logan and to assure him of our good wishes for his future success, and for the continued progress of the Geological Survey of Canada under his auspices.

SIR RODERICK MURCHISON, having received the Wollaston Medal from the President, replied :-- SIR,--As Sir William Logan was, in the earlier part of his scientific career, a distinguished contributor to the British Geological Survey, and as my lamented predecessor, Sir Henry De la Beehe, had formed the highest opinion of his capacity, it naturally gives me sincere pleasure to be the medium of transmitting to him this Wol- laston Medal. Although the Atlantic has subsequently separated us from our medallist during most of the period in which he has been occupied in successfully advancing geological science in his native country, Canada, it has been a source of true gratification to me to observe the very able manner in which he has elaborated the full and accurate succession of the most ancient rocks of the vast regions he has surveyed ; and to see how clearly he has separated the great series of funda- mental sedimentary unfossiliferous rocks, termed "Lawrentian," or "Cambrian," from those Silurian Rocks which, in common with all geologists of the United States until the present moment, he has placed in parallel with the Lower as well as the Upper Silurian of Britain and the continent of Europe. The skilful manner in which he has followed out the course of these ancient Silurian deposits, from their undisturbed and unbroken sequence over vast tracts on the West to the sea-board or Eastern region of North America, where they have been contorted, broken up, metamorphosed, and mineralized, will doubtless be considered among the most remarkable labours of our honoured associate. Whilst in his younger days he established, by the close and repeated observations to which you, Sir, have well adverted, that natural history constant which has enabled us to read off the true history of the greater number of coal-fields, his maps and sections illustrating the structure of the Canadas, prepared in the vast wilds of that country amidst hardships and privations unknown to Euro- pean explorers, will be the imperishable records of his fame as a practical geologist. The devotion and untiring energy with which he arranged and explained the natural productions of Canada, first at the Great British Exhibition of 1851, and recently at the grand Exposition of France, have obtained for him honours both from his own Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

ANNIVERSARY MEETING.~WOLLASTON MEDAL. IXV

gracious Sovereign and from the Emperor of the French; and I have now only to assure you that no one of his well-merited honours will be more highly estimated by him, than the marked approba- tion of his brother geologists in bestowing upon him their highest distinction, the Wollaston Medal. On delivering to the Secretary the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Fund, the President addressed him as follows :~ Mr. PRZSTWlCH,--I have great pleasure in placing in your hands the proceeds of the Wollaston Fund for this year, awarded by the Council of the Geological Society of London to M. Deshayes ; and in requesting you to transmit them to that gentleman, I must beg you to inform him that the Council have came to this decision, not only in recognition of the great services he has already rendered to palmontology, and especially to that of the tertiary epoch by the exertions he has bestowed on the development of the molluscous Fauna of the Paris basin, but more especially with the view of assisting him in the further completion of his great work, ' Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris.' Those who like yourself have laboured at the investigation of the different beds of the Paris basin can best appreciate the merits of M. Deshayes. We all know that for many years he has regularly spent a considerable portion of each year in examining the different localities in the neighbourhood of Paris, for the purpose of making himself acquainted with their fossil molluscous fauna, and of verifying in situ the occurrence of specimens collected by others, and that each successive year has greatly added to the number of new species. It is also well known that since the publication of that great work (from 1824 to 1836), the attention of many new labourers in the field of tertiary geology has been directed to this subject. They have not only settled satisfactorily the order of succession of the beds, but have collected their organic remains in large numbers, and these have in most cases been brought under the notice of M. Deshayes in addition to those collected by himself. Thus finding the number of new species rapidly increasing, and that his own collection contained many hitherto unpublished specimens, he resolved to publish a supplement to his original work, now become doubly necessary, since without a knowledge of these new forms the true correlation of the Paris beds with those of England, Belgium, and Germany is impossible. Such is the accumulated mass of materials, that ]ae has now about six hundred new species to figure and describe, requiring from sixty to seventy plates, in the preparation of which considerable progress is already made. At the same time he proposes to re-examine the species described in his former work, and to class them all according to the present position of geology and conchology, thus bringing up the materials of his old work to the standard of the new one. The Council would also wish by this award to testify their appreciation of M. Deshayes' talents as a conchologist, and of the manner in which he has made the study of recent Mollusca subservient to Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on June 23, 2016

xxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. the elucidation of fossil species; and with reference to this subject, they cannot speak too highly of the assistance M. Deshayes has rendered to the British Museum in arranging and correcting the nomenclature of a considerable portion of the Bivalves in that collection, and by preparing a catalogue which has been already partly published. I have only now ~o request you to inform M. Deshayes that while the Council regret that the sum which they are enabled to place at his disposal is not of larger amount, they yet trust that he will find in it an assurance of the high estimation in which they hold his labours and his talents, and of the sincere interest they take in his future welfare and prosperity.

MR. PRESTWICH replied as follows :w SIa,--It will give me great pleasure to convey, as I am sure it will my friend M. Deshayes to receive, the mark of distinction with which the Society has to-day honoured him. I have long known and highly appreciated the deep research and extensive comparisons which M. Deshayes has brought to bear on the study of Tertiary shells, and can bear willing testimony to the kindness with which he is always ready to assist others engaged in similar or collateral inquiries. I trust that this evidence of the sympathy with which the Society views M. Deshayes's labours will induce him to persevere in those labours, and to lay before us with as little delay as possible the further results of his extended researches into the fossil Testacea of the Paris Tertiary strata.

THE ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. GENTLEMEN,--I now come in the fulfilment of my duty to that part of my task which, necessary as it is, must always be one of the most painful services which your President has to perform. I mean the recalling to your notice the most distinguished Members of the Society whom we have had the misfortune to lose during the pre- ceding year. And I deeply regret that I have to state that our losses during the past year have been unusually great; great, not only as regards the members we have lost, but more particularly so with reference to the high position, both in the world of science as well as in this Society, held by many of those who have ceased to move among us. It is no small matter to have to record in one year the loss of such men as George Bellas Greenough and Henry De la Beche, the one remarkable for his zealous and faithful attention to the interests of this Society from the very first day of its existence, and the other for his success in founding and permar, cntly establishing what has been justly called the first palace ever raised from the ground in Great Britain which is entirely devoted to the advancement of science.

GEORGE BELLA$ GREENOUGH was born in 1778, and had con- sequently attained his seventy-seventh year when he died. His