94 Miscellaneous. 



that Mr. Bynne, of the Geological Survey of India, had discovered 

 worked agates in the Bone-beds of the Upper Godavery, which are, 

 there is little doubt, of the same age as those of the Nerbudda, which 

 contain Mejphas (Stegodon) insignis, Elephas (Loxodon) Namadicus, 

 Hippopotamus palceindicus, JBos palceindicus, Bos Namadicus, etc. I 

 am endeavouring to stir up the interest of the public in the matter 

 of Ancient Man, and to gel some one to investigate the Limestone 

 Caves of the Khansas, Birmah, etc. ; but most of our limestone 

 caves are in remote provinces, and I am afraid we shall have to wait- 

 a few years yet." — Edit. 



iMiisoiBXiXjj^n^rEOTJS. 



EoTAL Society of Edinbtjegh.— The Council have awarded the 

 Neill Prize for the triennial Period 1862-65 to Andrew Crombie 

 Eamsay, F.E.S., Professor of Geology in the Government School of 

 Mines, and Local Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 

 for his various works and memoirs published during the last five years, 

 in which he has applied the large experience acqiiired by him in the 

 Direction of the arduous work of the Geological Survey of Great 

 Britain to the elucidation of important questions bearing on Geological 

 Science. 



Geological Society of London.^ — ^The Council have decided to 

 award the Wollaston Gold Medal this year to Sir Charles Lyell, 

 Bart., F.K.S., in acknowledgment of the eminent service he has 

 rendered to the science of Geology by his published works and 

 researches. 



The Council have further decided to award the Wollaston Dona- 

 tion-fund to Mr. Henry Woodward, in aid of his further researches 

 in the Fossil Crustacea. 



Her Majesty has been pleased to advance Sir Eoderick Impey 

 Murchison to the dignity of Baronet, "in recognition of distin- 

 guished merits and attainments." — Beader, Bee. 30, 1865. 



Nicholas Wood, E.E.S., F.G.S., Mem. Inst. Civ. Eng. This 

 eminent mining engineer, was a native of Tyneside, and the 

 intimate friend and companion of the late George Stephenson, 

 many of whose discoveries he assisted in bringing before the 

 public notice. For more than forty years he has been actively 

 engaged in mine-engineering, and was justly regarded as the 

 greatest authority upon every branch of the subject, whether 

 scientific or practical. In 1852 he was elected President of the 

 Northern Institute of Mining Engineers, when he delivered the 

 inaugural address, and he has since considerably promoted its suc- 

 cess by devoting to it all his influence, talent, and much of his time- 

 He contributed a number of very important j)apers on Geology and. 



