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\-work which lirst excited my love for geology ; a branch of science which the 

 ■Geological Society of London has vigorously promoted for almost a century. 



" Dui-ing my "tirst visit to England in 1872, at the age of 21, I Avas fortunate 

 enough to be introduced to the great English geologist ; and I still cherish a vivid 

 remembrance of his kind and noble personality, and of his keen interest in my then 

 recent discovery of the remains of Salix polaris and other Arctic plants in the Grlacial 

 . deposits of the Morf oik coast. The meeting with Sir Charles forms one of the most 

 highly prized reminiscences of my youth. 



' ' Let me also express my great satisfaction at receiving this Medal through so 

 illustrious a geologist as Sir Archibald Geikie, whose writings have served as 

 a source of information to the majority of geologists throughout the world." 



The Chairman then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund, awarded to Miss Ethel Mary Reader 

 Wood, M.Sc, to Dr. J. E. Marr, F.R.S., for transmission to the 

 recipient, and addressed him in the following words : — Dr. Marr, — 



The Council have awarded to Miss Wood the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund as an acknowledgment of the value of her contributions 

 .to our knowledge of the Graptolites and of the rocks in which these organisms occur. 

 Her papers furnish an excellent example of the application of zonal stratigraphy 

 to groups of rocks which were thouglit to be already known with tolerable complete- 

 ness. Much still remains to be done in this department of investigation. We had 

 hjoked forward Avitli pleasure to seeing her among us here to-day, but she has 

 been unavoidably prevented from coming to London. In sending the award to 

 her, you will be so good as to express to her our hope that she will regard it as 

 a token of the interest which we take in her work, and as an encouragement to her to 

 continue to devote herself to the cause of science with the same skill and enthusiasm 

 which have hitherto so eminently distinguished her career. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison 

 Geological Fund to Dr. Arthur Hutchinson, M.xi., F.C.S., the 

 Chairman addressed him as follows : — Dr. Hutchinson, — 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund has this year been 

 iiwarded to you, in acknowledgment of the ability which the Council recognise in 

 your published memoirs on miner alogical subjects, and to encourage you in further 

 work. We especially desii'e to recognise the skill and industry displayed by you in 

 two important memoirs. Your pajjer on the Diathermancy of Antimonite introduced 

 and successfully applied a new method of crystallographic investigation, wherein an 



■ opaque mineral is examined between crossed nicols, by means of transmitted heat-rays, 



■ corresponding to the usual optical examination of transparent minerals. Your memoir 

 on Stokesite records the discovery of a new mineral, of which you found only a single 

 crystal upon a specimen of Cornish axinite. Yoirr analysis proved it to be a compound 

 -of most unusual type — a silicate containing tin. 



The Chairman then presented a moiety of the Balance of the 

 Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund to Professor Sidney Hugh 

 Reynolds, M.A., addressing him in the following words : — Professor 

 Reynolds, — 



This award is made to you in special i-ecognition of the value of your contributions 

 to om- knowledge of the Palaiozoic rocks of Ireland and of the geology of the Bristol 

 district, and to encourage you in further work. During the past eight years the 

 Society has received from you a series of important papers which have appeared 

 in its Quarterly Jom-nal. In association with Mr. Lake you presented some 

 interesting facts in regard to the Luiffula-'FlsLgs of tlie Dolgelly district. In 

 conjimction with Mr. Gardiner you have carried out a series of researches among 

 the Silm-ian rocks of the South-East and of the West of Ireland, and have thrown 

 fresh light on their associated volcanic rocks. Together with Professor Lloyd 

 Morgan, you have worked out the geology of the Tortworth district, and have 

 cleared up the interesting history of its volcanic eruptions ; while you have more 

 recently studied the Carboniferous volcanic rocks of the ueighbom'hood of Weston- 

 super-Mare. In addition to all these geological undertakings, you are still further 



