24 ANNUAL MEETING ; GOLD MEDAL. 



— would have been gratified at his being the recipient of the 

 medal. Having referred to the fact that Mr. Collins and himself 

 — the only Avinners of the medal so far — were Londoners, who 

 had received it for archseology, and geology, Mr. lago said it 

 was time some other branch of science should be brought 

 forward, and he hoped they would see those who were Oornishmen, 

 and who studied other subjects, rewarded on future occasions. 



Mr. Collins said he desired most heartily to thank the 

 Council for the handsome recognition they had made of his work- 

 No one knew as well as himself how imperfect that work was ; 

 it had been carried on for a long time. Twenty-five years ago, 

 and more, he began to study the geology of Cornwall, and he 

 thought it was likely he should continue it as long as he was 

 able to work at anything. He knew how wide was the field and 

 how much work there was to be done. It was particularly 

 pleasing to him to find that the friends with whom he had 

 worked, so many years, so far recognised his work as to give him 

 that medal, which he highly valued. He believed if Mr. 

 Henwood had been present he would have had his sympathy. If 

 in following Mr. Henwood he had ventured to speculate, it was 

 largely because he had been able to use the tools which Mr. 

 Henwood left. Mr. Henwood'a work was that of collecting and 

 ordinating facts ; as the initiator of these particular invest- 

 igations Mr. Henwood was obliged to keep away from speculation 

 and theory, and deal with facts. In following him, he (Mr. 

 Collins) was equally obliged to take up speculation, and, although 

 in dealing with such a subject a man must make mistakes, it 

 was possible that he would arrive at some conclusions which 

 would be accepted by his fellows. 



Mr. Enys then presented to the Institution a portrait in 

 oils of the late Mr. Henwood. It was said to be the only painting 

 of Henwood. It was by Pentreath, of Penzance, and was 

 considered by those who knew Mr. Henwood, to be a good 

 likeness. 



The Eev. W. lago read two papers — one on the " Twelve 

 Eoman Inscriptions at Prideaux Place " (Padstow), and the 

 other on " The Lost Bell of St. Petroc, used by the Anglo-Saxon 

 Duke and Duchess of Cornwall." 



