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AWARD OF THE KENWOOD GOLD MEDAL, 1893. 



A Special Meeting of the Council of the Royal Institution 

 of Cornwall was held on Thursday afternoon, June 29th, 1893, 

 in the Museum Buildings, at Truro, for the purpose of awarding 

 the Gold Medal, bequeathed by the late Mr. William Jory 

 Henwood, P.E.S., one of the former presidents. According to 

 his will a triennial gold medal of considerable value is given for 

 scientific literature relating to certain specified subjects connected 

 with Cornwall. 



In order to proceed to an award, at least seven members 

 must attend a meeting convened for that purpose, and on this 

 occasion there were twelve present. Kev. W. lago, B.A., a past 

 President, to whom the first gold medal was awarded three 

 years ago for archaeology, was called upon to preside ; there 

 being present also the Ven. Archdeacon Cornish, M. A. , Chancellor 

 Paul, M.A., Canon Moor, M.A., M.E A.S., and Eev. A. E. 

 Tomlinson, M.A., Messrs. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., Howard Pox, 

 F.G.S., H. James, A. P. Nix, Thurstan C. Peter, E. A. 

 Wiinsch, P.Q-.S., and Major Parkyn, F.G.S., hon. secretary. 



The various papers on scientific subjects published in the 

 journal of the Society during the last three years having been 

 considered, a ballot was taken, with the result that the gold 

 medal for 1893 was awarded to Mr. Joseph Henry Collins, 

 F.G.S., for his recent contribution " On the Origin and Develop- 

 ment of Ore Deposits in the West of England." Mr. Collins is 

 well known in Cornwall, having held the county appointment of 

 Public Analyst. He was one of the hon. secretaries of the Eoyal 

 Institution of Cornwall and editor of its journal, hon. secretary 

 of the Eoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, founder of the 

 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, lecturer and 

 assistant secretary of the Miners' Association of Cornwall and 

 Devon, and has written and edited a great variety of works on 

 practical and theoretical geology and other matters connected 

 with Cornwall, its mineral industries, and early history. He 

 has had considerable opportunities for observations in Cornish 



