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those wlio are so zealously labouring in a distant country to pro- 

 mote a common cause. 



In the Address which I am now about to deliver to this Meeting, 

 I shall have an opportunity of enlarging on the discoveries which 

 these gentlemen have made in a region previously unexplored, at 

 the southern base of the Himalaya between the Sutledge and the 

 Ganges. I shall then speak of their perseverance and industry in 

 examining the structure of the hills, and in collecting the remains 

 of extinct quadrupeds and reptiles, and the talent displayed in 

 their anatomical determination of new species and new types of or- 

 ganization. I shall now merely request that in forwarding these 

 medals, the first which the Geological Society has sent to India, 

 you will express to Capt. Cautley and Dr. Falconer the lively in- 

 terest which we continue to take in their researches, and our ardent 

 hopes for their future welfare and success. 



Dr. Royle in reply expressed the high satisfaction he felt on 

 being requested to take charge of the medals, which it would give 

 him great pleasure to forward immediately to India. When in that 

 country, he had had personal opportunities of witnessing the zeal 

 and enthusiasm with which his friends had laboured, and the great 

 difRculties which they had overcome when far separated from the 

 scientific world, and without museums, books, or skilful naturalists 

 to consult. 



He was assured that these marks of attention so honourably 

 conferred by the Geological Society on Capt. Cautley and Dr. Fal- 

 coner, would not only encourage and stimulate them to fresh exer- 

 tions, but inspire others among our countrymen in India with a 

 desire to cultivate Geology and its kindred sciences. 



It was afterwards resolved : — 



1. That the thanks of this Society be given to Sir Philip deMalpas 

 Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., retiring from the office of Vice-President. 

 Mr. Whewell and Mr. Murchison, by whom this motion was proposed 

 and seconded, felt that they expressed only the sentiment of every 

 Fellow of the Society, in declaring their deep regret at being pre- 

 vented from including in the motion the name of Dr. Turner, who 

 had been one of the Vice-Presidents, but whose loss the Society had 

 then to deplore. 



2. That the thanks of this Society be given to Sir Alexander 

 Crichton, M.D.,William John Hamilton, Esq., Viscount Oxmantown, 

 nnd Lieut.-Col. W. H. Sykes, retiring from the Council. 



On the close of the ballot the scrutineers reported that the follow- 

 ing gentlemen had been duly elected the Officers and Council for the 

 ensuing year: — 



Officers. — President^ Rev. William Whewell, M.A. F.R.S. : 

 Vice-Presidents, Rev. W. Buckland, D.D. F.R.S. & L.S. Professor of 

 Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Oxford; William Henry 

 Fitton, M D. F.R.S. & L.S. ; George Bellas Greenough, Esq. F.R.S. 

 &L.S. ; Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. : Secretaries^ 

 Robert Huiton, Esq. M.R.LA. j John Forbes Royle, M.D. F.L.S. 



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