Rejjorts and Proceedimjs— Geological Society of London. 181 



In presenting one lialf of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Oeological Fund to John William Evans, D.Sc, LL.B., the President 

 addressed him as follows : — Dr. Evans, — 



Half the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Fund has been awarded to you, in 

 reeognition of the importance of your geological work during the last ten years. 

 Your visit to an almost unknown part of Brazil, and several years' residence in India, 

 have enabled you to make observations and to collect specimens of great value to 

 •our science. The papers which you have already published in our Journal on the 

 Matto Grosso district, and on tlie Calcareous Sandstones and Monchiquites of North- 

 western India, are evidence of your capacity for original work. 



We trust that this award may aid you in publishing the results of investigations 

 that you are known to have carried out while engaged in the Survey of the State 

 of Junagarh (Kathiawar), and will encourage you in further work. 



In handing the other half of the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Lyell Geological Fund, awarded to Mr. Alexander McHenry, of 

 the Geological Survey of Ireland, to Sir Archibald Geikie, for trans- 

 mission to the recipient, the President addressed him as follows : — 

 Sir Archibald Geikie, — 



Mr. McHenry's claims to recognition are well known to you, and the fact that 

 you receive the award of a moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund on his behalf is a proof that you cordially endorse the action of 

 the Council. For forty years he has laboured to advance our knowledge of Irish 

 Geology as a member of the Geological Survey, first as a collector of fossils and 

 rock -specimens and afterwards as a member of the Surveying Staff. Most of his 

 work has been published in the Maps and Memoirs of the Geological Survey, to 

 which he has devoted himself, as you yourself have said, with admirable loyalty 

 and enthusiasm. One of his most useful labours has been the preparation, in 

 conjunction with his former colleague, Professor Watts, of a Guide to the Collection 

 flf Kocks and Fossils belonging to the Geological Survey of Ireland. His extensive 

 and accurate knowledge largely contributed to make this work a most valuable 

 compendium of Irish Geology. "We hope that this award will act as an encourage- 

 ment to him and be of some assistance in further work. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, in reply, said :— Mr. President, — 



On the part of my old colleague, I have to express to the Geological Society his 

 best thanks for the recognition of his work which is expressed in this award. Next 

 to myself he is the member of the Geological Survey who has been longest on 

 the staff. His whole life has been devoted to his official duties, and he has only 

 now and then ventured to make his appearance in non-official print. His labours 

 are thus chronicled in the Maps, Sections, and Memoirs of the Geological Survey 

 of Ireland, and are probably familiar to comparatively few geologists. He lias 

 been content honestly and strenuously to do his duty with a loyalty that has never 

 flinched, and with aii enthusiasn) that seems to wax higher as the years go past. 

 To such a man you mav well believe that recognition from the Geological Society is 

 as precious as it is unlocked for. It will nerve him with fresh energy for the task 

 of revision of the Superficial Deposits of Ireland on which the Survey is about to 

 enter ; for it will show him that his work is not only known to his colleagues, but 

 is appreciated by tlie leaders of (leological Science here. 



In presenting the Bigsby Medal to Mr. George William Lamplugb, 

 of H.M. Geological Survey, the President addressed him as follows :— 

 Mr. Lamplugh, — 



In 1891 the Council of the Geological Society recognized the value of your work 

 on the Glacial Deposits of Yorkshire and on the Speeton Clay by an award trom 

 the Lyell Fund. Since that time you have still further extended our knowlcilge ot 

 the Lower Cretaceous rocks of Yorkshire and Lincolnsliiro, and have lurnisliea 

 Professor Pavlov with material which has enabled him to throw consi.lcral.le ligUt 

 on the physical conditions and migrations of the Cephalopod launa during me 

 period represented by these rocks. 



