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Lady Prestwich of 260 bound volumes of tracts, in fulfilment 

 of the wishes of the late Sir Joseph Prestwich. 



In presenting the Wollaston Medal to W. H. Hudleston, Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., the President addressed him as follows : — 

 Mr. Hudleston, — 



It is extremely gratif jing to me that it has fallen to my lot to present to you, on 

 behalf of the Council of the Geological Society, the highest award which it is in 

 their power to bestow on distinguished geologists. You have laboured long and 

 assiduously in the cause of science, and have enriched geological knowledge in its 

 chemical, mineralogical, palseontological, and stratigraphical departments. The 

 first paper which you communicated to this Society appears to be that " On the 

 Chemical Analysis of the Cambrian Rocks," which you were good enough to 

 undertake at my request in the year 1875. You had previously communicated papers 

 to the Geologists' Association — one on the Yorkshire Oolites, and another, in con- 

 junction with Mr. Hilton Price, on the Thames Valley Deposits. Another valuable 

 chemical paper should be referred to, namely, " On the Chemical Composition of the 

 Eocks of the Lizard," which appeared as an Appendix to a paper by Professor Bonney 

 in 1877 ; and in that year also you, in conjunction with Professor Blake, contributed 

 a highly important paper to this Society on the Corallian Eocks of England. The 

 Addresses delivered by you as President of the Geologists' Association, of the Devon- 

 shire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, and of this 

 Society, show much critical power and demonstrate your ability to convey a great 

 amoimt of valuable information in a limited space. You are further to be con- 

 gratulated upon having recently completed the important memoir published by the 

 Palaeoutographical Society — "A Monograph on the Inferior Oolite Gasteropoda" — 

 which contains no less than 514 pages and 44 quarto plates. The great value of 

 your work amongst the Jurassic rocks is so generally admitted that I need not refer 

 to the other papers contributed by you to various Societies. 



In conclusion, I can only say that it gives me very much pleasm'e to hand to you 

 this Medal, which is presented by the Council as a token of their recognition of the 

 eminent services rendered by you to Geological Science. 



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



On this occasion my warmest thanks are due to the Council, on whom the duty of 

 awarding the "Wollaston Medal has this year devolved, for their generous interpretation 

 of my past geological career. To have received a distinction such as the foremost 

 geologists of any country might be proud to accept, and to be enrolled in that 

 famous band of recipients which is headed by the Father of English Geology, is 

 indeed to me an unexpected honour and gratification. If anything were needed to 

 enhance the pleasure of the moment, it is to be found in the circumstance that 

 I receive the Medal from the hands of an old friend and contemporary, whose 

 scientific career possesses so many points of resemblance with my own. For, if I 

 have done some work in Mesozoic geology, you, sir, are well known, both in Europe 

 and in America, for your researches among the older Palreozoic rocks. 



This particular award serves to show that the researches concerning the mineral 

 structure of the earth are not necessarily limited to professional enterprise, but that 

 both the Council and the Society are ready to recognize the utility of independent 

 work, whether special or of a more general character. Our science has its ramifi- 

 cations in so many others, that, whether we consider Geology in its tectonic, its 

 petrographical, or its palseontological aspect, it is incumbent upon those who cultivate 

 it to endeavour to acquire, to some extent, a knowledge of cognate subjects. Not 

 that I would venture to lay claim to the accomplishment of much original work in 

 any of the above departments ; although I may have contributed something towards 

 a knowledge of the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Jiu-assic rocks of England, 

 and more especially of my native county. 



During the last quarter of a century the Geological Society and the Geologists' 

 Association have, each of them, afforded me a congenial scientific home. If in that 

 interval it has been my good fortune to have furthered the cause which we all have 

 at heart, such service has been more than repaid by the benefits derived from mutual 

 intercourse. Nor do I forget the advantages afforded by my relations with the 

 , Palseontographical Society, whose resources have been useful to more than one 

 WoUaston medallist. 



