120 PROFESSORSHIP OF GEOLOGY CHAP, iv 



had an added interest for the members of the Geo- 

 logical Survey. 



In his anniversary address on the i8th February Sir 

 Henry took the opportunity of gracefully acknowledg- 

 ing the cheerful co-operation of the fellows of the 

 Society in the work of the Geological Survey. The 

 Society and the Survey were not rival organisations, 

 but were united in the one paramount object of pro- 

 moting the cause of geological science. It was a 

 former president of the Society who had been con- 

 sulted by the Government as to the propriety of 

 definitely establishing a geological survey of the 

 United Kingdom, and had urged the formation of 

 such a department of the public service, while many of 

 the members of the Society had cheerfully assisted and 

 encouraged the efforts of the Director. De la Beche, 

 on the other hand, had been for years Foreign 

 Secretary, and was now elected President of the 

 Society. He was thus enabled to give it the benefit 

 of his wide experience and his excellent business 

 habits. The members of his staff, too, took a share in 

 the affairs of the Society, acting on its council, reading 

 papers before it, entering into the discussions, and 

 contributing material to its Quarterly Journal. This 

 feeling of mutual sympathy and co-operation has con- 

 tinued to mark the relations of the Society and the 

 Survey down to the present day. The Society has 

 freely bestowed its offices and its honours upon the 

 members of the Survey, who, on their part, have 

 looked w r ith pride upon their connection with the 

 oldest and most distinguished of the geological 

 societies of the world. 



On the present occasion Sir Henry was able to 

 announce the satisfactory progress of the Survey, both 



