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map, which he presented to the Society, was prepared by himself from all 

 sources, and represented all that was known of the geology of the region at the 

 end of the year 1916. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



2. February 16, 1917.— Dr. Alfred Harker, F.R.S., President, in the 



Chair. 



The following extract is taken from the Eeport of the Council for 

 1916:— 



Awards and Medals. 



The fourteenth Award from the Daniel Pidgeon Trust Fund was 

 made on April 5, 1916, to John Kaye Charlesworth, M.Sc, Ph.D., 

 who proposed to conduct researches in connexion with the Glaciation 

 of Donegal. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Professor Antoine Francois 

 Alfred Lacroix, in recognition of Ids " researches concerning the 

 Mineral Structure of the Earth", especially in connexion with the 

 Mineralogy and Petrology of France and her Colonies. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a sum of ten guineas from 

 the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Dr. George Frederic 

 Matthew, as an acknowledgment of his valuable work on the 

 Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of 

 North America. 



The Lyell Medal, together with a sum of twenty pounds, is 

 awarded to Dr. Wheelton Hind, as an acknowledgment of the value 

 of his contributions to the Geology of the Carboniferous Pocks of 

 Britain, and of his researches on the Palaeozoic Lamellibranchia. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Mr. Robert George Carruthers, as 

 a mark of appreciation of his work on the Carboniferous Anthozoa 

 and of his contributions to Scottish Geology, and to stimulate him to 

 further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the "Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Dr. Percy George Hamnall Boswell, in recognition of his 

 investigations on the Tertiary and Quaternary Deposits of East 

 Anglia, and on the Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund is 

 awarded to Dr. William Mackie, as an acknowledgment of his 

 valuable work on the Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks of Scotland, 

 especially in connexion with his researches on the Petrology and 

 Palaeontology of the Old Red Sandstone of Elgin. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Dr. Arthur Hubert Cox. in recognition of the 

 value, of his contributions to the Stratigraphy of the Lower Palaeozoic 

 Rocks of South and Central Wales. 



A second moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. Tressilian Charles Nicholas, as an 

 acknowledgment of his work on the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 

 of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of North Wales. 



