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to one who ' has deserved well of the Science ' . But your work has been so 

 many-sided, that it is not easy to choose that on which to lay the chief emphasis. 

 You have dealt with the stratigraphy and tectonics of the older Palaeozoic rocks 

 in those more difficult regions which have been left by other observers till last, 

 as in the Dee Valley and about Cader Idris. You have treated of the petrology 

 and the structural relations of both interbedded and intrusive igneous rocks, 

 and in doing so have carried down our knowledge of igneous activity well into 

 the Cambrian Period. You have utilized your knowledge of the structure and 

 relations of the rocks, and the superficial deposits resting upon them, to form 

 a theory as to the history of the Dee and of Bala Lake, and have applied this 

 theory to the general drainage system of North Wales. And last, but far from 

 least, you have done much to elucidate the structure and classification of certain 

 forms of Trilobites, more especially Acidaspis, and are now engaged upon an 

 elaborate monograph, part of which is already published, on the Cambrian 

 Trilobites, a work the need for which has long been felt by workers among the 

 older rocks in this country. Your services to Geology do not end here, for by 

 your teaching and organization you have contributed rnuch to the study of 

 geology and geography in Cambridge and its vicinity ; while by your translation 

 and adaptation of Kayser's Covipai-ative Geology, and the publication, in 

 conjunction with Mr. Eastall, of your Textbook, you have placed the students 

 of stratigraphical geology deeply in your debt. 



Mr. Lake, in reply, said — 



Mr. President, — I am deeply sensible of the honour that the Council has 

 conferred upon me by the award of the Lyell Medal. 



It is an especial pleasure to find in the list of former recipients the names of 

 two of those to whom I am most indebted for my geological training — Professor 

 Hughes and Dr. Marr. 



But I do not forget that it is to Professor Lebour, one of the Murchison 

 Medallists, that I owe my first introduction to geology. Without his guidance 

 and help I should never have become a geologist, nor should I ever have come 

 under the influence of Cambridge. 



Circumstances have seldom jDermitted me to devote my undivided attention 

 to the study of our science, and my geological work has suffered accordingly. 

 It is encouraging to find that it has not altogether failed, and I still hope in the 

 future more fully to justify the award for which I now thank the Council. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the "WoUaston 

 Donation Fund to Charles Irving Gardiner, M.A., the President 

 addressed him in the following words : — 



Mr. Gardiner, — The vacation times of a man so strenuously occupied as 

 yourself are very precious to him, and it is a compliment to the fascination 

 exercised by scientific research, and especially by the pursuit of geological 

 investigation, that you willingly give up so much of your holidays to field-work 

 in your chosen science. Mainly in association with Professor Reynolds, you 

 have patiently and unweariedly carried out your steadfast programme, which 

 I am glad to think was suggested to you by myself, of increasing our knowledge 

 of the older Palaeozoic rocks of Ireland. Beginning at Kildare, you passed 

 thence by way of Lambay to Portraine, at each stage throwing new light on the 

 succession, and at the last-named locality unravelling the different types of 

 conglomerates, which in that neighbourhood have been produced by earth- 

 movement. Shifting your operations to the south, you threw new light on the 

 succession of Silurian rocks in that region and on the unusual association of 

 contemporaneous igneous rocks with them. Then you proceeded to Mayo and 

 Galway, dealing with the areas of Tourmakeady, Lough Nafooey, and Glensaul 

 in turn ; and, judging by your latest paper, you seem to have been as successful 

 in this exceedingly difficult ground as in the simpler areas previously dealt with. 

 The Council, in awarding you the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Fund, does so, not only in recognition of good work done, but in confidence 

 that you will carry on similarly good work in the future. 



