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expression of thanks with an eloquent tribute to our revered teacher, Prof. Bonney. 
Here I can gladly follow where I fain would lead; for if any success has attended 
my studies, 1 owe it to the encouragement of our old tuter, who has never treated 
the designation ‘in loco parentis’ as a harmless College fiction, but has made of it 
through life a veritable truth.”’ 
The Prestpent then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 
Wollaston Fund, awarded to Mr. J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., to Prof. 
T. McKenny Hughes, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., for transmission to the 
recipient, addressing him as follows :—Professor Hughes,— 
The Council, in awarding the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation 
Fund to Mr. Goodchild, have been desirous of expressing théir sense of the value of 
his geological work in the North-west of England, and more especially of his 
‘description of the Glacial phenomena of the Eden Valley, as recorded im the 
Quarterly Journal of the Society. They also recognize his services in aid of science 
generally for many years past as Editor of the ‘‘ Transactions’’ of the Cumberland 
and Westmoreland Association, and as the author of many interesting papers on 
Local Geology which have appeared in those ‘‘Transactions.’? The Council hope 
that his appointment in Edinburgh will not prevent bim from still carrying on 
investigations in the field. 
Professor Huauss, in reply, said :—Mr. President,— 
I have, as the oldest friend of Mr. Goodchild in this Society, been asked to receive 
and transmit to him the Proceeds of the Wollaston Fund. I feel more inclined to 
-dilate upon my friend’s deserts than upon the kindness of the Council in making the 
-award to him. 
I will try to compromise the matter by saying only that there is no man who will 
so keenly appreciate this recognition of his work, and no case in which the Society 
may reckon on a better return for this wholesome stimulus of encouragement. 
In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison 
‘Geological Fund to Mr. G. J. Williams, F.G.8., the PresipEnt 
addressed him as follows :—Mr. Williams,— 
The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund has been awarded 
to you by the Council in token of appreciation of your active researches amongst the 
Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of Ffestiniog and Harlech. You have done good 
petrological and paleontological work, both in the selection of rocks for thin sections, 
_-and in amassing a fine series of fossils. The exhibition of a portion of your collection 
at Chester, on the occasion of the International Congress Excursion in 1888, proved 
to be of great interest. ‘I'he Council hope that this award may be fruitful in inducing 
_you to persevere on the lines which you have already adopted with so much success. 
Mr. Witu1ams, in reply, said:—Mr. President,— 
I beg to thank the Council of the Geological Society for the wholly unexpected 
honour they had conferred on me in awarding me the Balance of the Proceeds of the 
Murchison Geological Fund. I have been able to do but little work in the past, 
-and I look upon this award as an aid to further research rather than a recognition of 
work already accomplished. If anything is needed as an incentive to further work, 
in addition to the pleasure derived from the work itself, I shall be able to look back 
-on this Award as a ‘‘spur to prick the sides of my intent.”’ 
The Presipent then handed one moiety of the Balance of the 
Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund, awarded to Miss Catherine 
A. Raisin, B.Sc., to Prof. T. G. Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.G.S., 
for transmission to the recipient, addressing him as follows :—Pro- 
fessor Bonney,— 
In asking you to forward to Miss Raisin one moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds 
-of the Lyell Geological Fund, I am performing a very pleasing duty. Miss Raisin’s 
excellent work, both in the field and with the microscope, so tar commends itself to 
the Council that they have readily made this Award to a pupil of whom you may be 
_justly proud. ‘The considerable number of papers which that lady has contributed, 
both to the “ Quarterly Journal,” of the Geological Society and also to the GEoLoGIcAL 
