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transmitting this Medal to Mr. Jaraieson, to express to him the admiration of the 

 Council for the energy and ability with which he has for so long a period, and with 

 such signal success, prosecuted researches among the newer deposits in Scotland. 



Mr. Horace B. Woodward replied in the following terms :— Mr. 

 President, — 



I esteem it an honour to receive this Medal on behalf of Mr. Jamieson, for no one 

 has laboured more ardently, no one more successfully, than he, in interpreting the 

 Pleistocene records of North Britain. He bids me say : — 



" I regret much that my distance from the Metropolis will not allow me to be 

 present at the Annual Meeting of the Society. It has also prevented me from taking 

 any part in the pleasant Evening Meetings, which I regret even still more. I think 

 I have been present on only one occasion, and that was before I became a Fellow of 

 the Society, which is a good long while ago. 



" It is gratifying, however, to find that, although so far away, and so little known 

 personally to the Council of the Society, they have not only kept me in remembrance, 

 but have done me the honour of awarding to me the Murchison Medal. This 

 I shall value the more as it recalls the recollection of the warm-hearted Sir Roderick, 

 from Avhom I received much kind attention many years ago. Although then a young 

 man, and quite a stranger to him, I found no one more ready to help me in every way 

 that he thought would be useful. This was a bright feature in his character, which 

 struck me much at the time, and has always kept his memory green iu the breast of 

 the present recipient of his Medal." 



I may add that I am sure that Mr. Jamieson will be gratified by the kindly 

 remarks which you have made in reference to his work. 



In handing the balance of the proceeds of the Murchison Geo- 

 logical Fund (awarded to Miss J. Donald, of Carlisle) to Mr. E. T. 

 Newton, for transmission to the recipient, the President addressed 

 him as follows : — Mr. Newton, — 



On one occasion only has the Geological Society previously granted an Award from 

 its Funds to a Lady. This was in the year 1893, when Miss Haisin, so well known 

 to us by her petrographical and stratigraphical work, was the recipient. On the 

 present occasion a lady who has attained distinction as a palaeontologist has been 

 selected by the Council to receive an award from the Mruxhison Fund, and the 

 Fellows generally will, I feel sure, beheve that in making this Award to Miss 

 J. Donald the Council has acted wisely and justly. In the Quarterly Journal of this 

 Society are five important papers by Miss Donald. The first, in the year 1887, 

 "Notes upon some Carboniferous Species of Murchisonia'''' ; followed in 1889 by 

 "Descriptions of some New Species of Carboniferous Gasteropoda"; in 

 1892, "Notes on some New and Little-known Species of Carboniferous 

 Ifnrchiionia'^ ; in 1895, " Notes on the Genus Murchisonia and its Allies" ; and, 

 in the forthcoming Quarterly Journal, "Observations on the Genus Aclisina, De 

 Kon., with Descriptions of British Species and of some other Carboniferous 

 Gasteropoda." 



Previous to taking up the study of fossil shells, which I understand she did at the 

 instigation of Mr. J. G. Goodcbild, F.G.S., Miss Donald had well prepared herself 

 by previous studies of recent shells, and we find in the Transactions of the Cumber- 

 land and "Westmoreland Association of Literature and Science, so far back as 1881, 

 some notes by her on the "Land and Fresh-water Shells of Cumberland." Miss 

 Donald has not only visited very many of the collections in this country, but also 

 those in the Continental museums, for the purpose of studying fossil shells, and she 

 is still untii-ing in her zeal in collecting information for future work. When 

 transmitting this Award to Miss Donald you will be good enough to say that 

 the Council hope it will be accepted, not only as a token of appreciation of the 

 excellent work which she has already accomplished, but in the hope that it may be 

 some incentive to her to continue her palseontological researches among the 

 Palaeozoic rocks. 



Mr. Newton, in reply, said : — Mr. President, — 



It is with peculiar pleasure that I receive this Award on Miss Donald's behalf, for 

 it is a rare occurrence for a lady to receive one of the Society's Awards, and having 



