the Quarterly Journal, and the publication of the first part of Vol. XXV.
The Council have also the pleasure of announcing that Mr. G. W. Ormerod having prepared a revised edition of his valuable Index to the various publications of the Society, in which the references are brought down to the end of last year, has presented the MS. to the Society. As nearly all the copies of the first edition of this Index have been sold, the Council did not hesitate about printing this new edition, a portion of which is already in type. The volume will be published as soon as possible.
The Council have to report that, in consequence of his appointment to the Secretaryship of the Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. Jenkins resigned his position as Assistant Secretary at the end of last year. After the consideration of the qualifications of several Candidates, the Council decided on electing Mr. W. S. Dallas to the vacant post. At the same time Mr. Skertchly also resigned his appointment as Assistant in the Library ; and the Council have appoined Mr. F. H. Waterhouse as his successor.
The Committee appointed by the Council to discuss and report upon the duties of the Assistant Secretary, embodied in their Report certain recommendations with regard to the future management of the Museum, which would render it unnecessary any longer to employ an Officer entirely in the Museum. These recommendations having been adopted by the Council, Mr. W. S. Mitchell, the present Assistant in the Museum, will cease to hold that appointment after the 31st March next.
The Council have awarded the Wollaston Medal to Henry Clifton Sorby, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., in consideration of his patient and laborious investigations in the various departments of Physical Geology, and especially of his researches into the structure of Rocks, Minerals, and Meteorites.
The Balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Fund has been awarded to William Carruthers, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., in aid of his valuable investigations in Fossil Botany, which have already led him to such important results.
Report of the Library and Museum Committee, 1868-69.
The Library.
The Standing Library-Committee have continued from time to time to make additions to the Library by the purchase of such books as they thought would prove useful to the Fellows ; and amongst these the following works may be noted : —
Lecoq's ' Epoques Geologiques de l'Auvergne,' in 5 vols. ; Alphonse Milne -Edwards's ' Recherches Anatomiques et Paleontologiques sur les Oiseaux fossiles de la France,' of which 22 parts are published ; H. C. Weinkauff 's ' Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische
