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pleasure that I hand to,you the balance of the proceeds of the Lyell 
Donation Fund for transmission to Prof. Quenstedt, of Tiibingen, 
F.M.G.S., to whom it has been awarded by the Council of the Society. 
Prof. Quenstedt’s labours in various departments of geology, extending 
over a period of more than five-and-forty years; his published writings, 
commencing with memoirs on mineralogical subjects in the year 1835, 
followed very shortly by others dealing with paleontological matters, 
culminating in his admirable Manuals of Paleontology and Mineralogy, 
published respectively in 1852 and 1854, and of which several later 
editions have appeared,—in his great work ‘ Der Jura,’ on the Jurassic 
rocks of Southern Germany,—and in his magnificent ‘ Petrefacten- 
kunde Deutschlands,’ commenced in 1846, and still in progress; his 
renown as a successful teacher of geology and mineralogy; and his 
services to science by the establishment of the fine Museum over which 
he so worthily presides at Tiibingen, have already been recognized by 
this Society in his election as a Foreign Correspondent in 1863, and as 
a Foreign Member in 1875. It is with the purpose of showing their 
continued appreciation of these labours, and especially to aid the dis- 
tinguished Professor in the completion of his last-mentioned great 
work, that the Council have decided to award to him the balance of the 
Lyell Donation Fund; and in placing it in your hands I have to beg 
that you will request his acceptance of it in the spirit in which it is 
offered. 
Professor Seeley, in reply, said,—I am sure that Professor Quenstedt 
will gratefully appreciate the terms in which you have expressed, on 
behalf of the Geological Society, admiration for his great efforts to 
advance geological science. Upwards of seventy years of age, he is 
labouring with the energy of mature powers; but with unaffected 
modesty expresses to me astonishment that his work, which is still 
unfinished, should have been thought worthy of this award. The fact 
that the Fund is associated with the name of the great master Sir 
Charles Lyell gives it for him an additional value ; for so far back as 
1857 Sir Charles sent to Prof. Quenstedt his own clinometer, and in 
many ways in after-years gave evidence of sympathy with the investi- 
gations of the distinguished teacher of Tiibingen. I may say that in 
these days of division of labour one thinks with wonder of the variety 
of Prof. Quenstedt’s work, signalized as it has been by success in every 
department. The perfection of his work may, perhaps, be summed up 
in the one word “thoroughness,” for it begins with an almost un- 
rivalled development of the treasures in his wonderful museum, and 
culminates in the rare courtesy and singleness of heart with which he 
communicates to others the treasures stored in his mind. I am . 
sure he will gratefully accept this award in the spirit in which it is 
offered, and for the further advancement of science. 
The President then proceeded to read his Anniversary Address, 
which was devoted to an examination of the structure and origin of 
non-calcareous stratified rocks, especially as revealed by microscopic 
investigation, and to a consideration of certain phenomena of their 
metamorphism, the production of cleavage, etc. The Address was 
prefaced by obituary notices of Fellows and Foreign Members of the 
Society deceased during the past year, including Prof. Paul Gervais, 
