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" I regret that I am prevented from being present to receive it in person, but 

 I hope that the Council will accept this expression of my feelings regarding their 

 approval of my work in a somewhat neglected field. 



" For some years past nearly all my spare time has been spent in microscopically 

 examining the Glacial Clays for Foraminifera. My anticipation as to the occurrence 

 of these organisms in clays laid down under Glacial conditions has been fully 

 confirmed both as regards our local deposits and other British clays, and I cannot 

 avoid thinking that this fact must more or less influence our views as to the origin 

 of tliese drifts." 



In handing to A. Strahan, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. (for transmission 

 to Mr. John Storrie, of Cai'diff), the second moiety of the award 

 made from the Barlow-Jameson Fund, the President addressed him 

 as follows : — Mr. Straban, — 



The Council have accorded to Mr. Storrie the sum of twenty pounds from the 

 Barlow-Jameson Fund, in recognition of his services for the advancement of 

 geological science while in charge of the Cardiff Museum, and subsequently as a 

 volunteer worker on the geology of South Wales. Mr. Storrie, 1 am informed, 

 was the first to detect and describe an actual exposure of the base of the Old Red 

 Sandstone near Rumney, and his researches have done much to elucidate the obscure 

 plant-remains from the Silurian rocks of that locality. 



In the Rhsetic and Triassic strata he found and fixed the exact horizon of certain 

 fossils new to the district, while in the latter he made an interesting discovery of 

 grains of gold. His intimate and accurate knowledge of the Cardiff area proved 

 of great service to geologists at the time when the British Association held its 

 meeting in that town. Indeed, few geologists have worked in the neighbourhood 

 of Cardiff without being indebted to him for assistance. 



I have much pleasure in handing you this award for transmission to Mr. Storrie. 



Mr. Strahan, in reply, said : — Mr. President, — 



It will be a great pleasure to me to forward this award to Mr. Storrie. The 

 pages of our Journal testify to the value of the aid that he has rendered to many 

 Fellows of the Society. I have myself been indebted to him for most valuable 

 assistance in the geological mapping of the neighbourhood of Cardiff. Mr. Storrie 

 writes to me : — 



" I regret that it will not be in my power to attend personally to thank the 

 President and Council for the great honour that they have done me. I am afraid 

 that up to now I have not done enough to warrant my selection, but if ever I am 

 able in future to do anything in the way of original work I shall be very anxious to 

 justify this choice and give my whole mind to the accomplishment of the best work 

 possible. You will, I hope, convey in better words than I can the extreme gratitude 

 which I feel for the award." 



The President then proceeded to read his Anniversary Address, 

 in which he first gave obituary notices of several Fellows, Foreign 

 Members, and Foreign Correspondents deceased since the last 

 annual meeting, including the Marquis de Saporta (elected Foreign 

 Member in 1889), J. D. Dana (elected Foreign Member in 1851), 

 J. W. Hulke (President from 1882-4), Sir E. H. Bunbury (elected 

 in 1837), the Rt. Hon. T. H. Huxley (elected in 1856), Valentine Ball 

 (elected in 1874), James Carter (elected in 1877), Sven Loven 

 (elected Foreign Member in 1882), Ludwig Rutimeyer (elected 

 Foreign Member in 1882), W. B. D. Mantell (elected in 1858), 

 Charles Tyler (elected in 1863), E. A. Wiinsch (elected in 1875), 

 Hugh Miller (elected in 1874), and Francis E. Brown, late Assistant 

 Clerk to the Geological Society. 



The President congratulated the Society on its continued financial 

 prosperity, and on the excellent scientific work carried on under its 



