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PRESENTATION OF THE HENWOOD MEDAL. 



November 25th, 1890. 



In the absence of Mr. Dunkin, F.R.A.S., the President, Mr 

 Jeffery, M.A., F.R.S., a Vice-President, had been nominated by 

 the Council to preside at the Annual Meeting. He delivered 

 the following address. 



The late Mr. W. J. Henwood, F.R.S., a former President 

 of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, left by will in 1872 the sum of 

 £200 to defray the cost of a gold medal, which should be triennially 

 awarded by the Council of the Institution to the most valuable 

 memoir contributed and printed in the Journal of its Proceedings 

 during the interval between the successive presentations. The 

 range of subjects selected by the donor for competition is wide, 

 and embraces Natural Science, notably Mineralogy, in which 

 Mr. Henwood was pre-eminently versed, Natural History and 

 Archaeology ; but all of them, however diverse, are restricted by 

 the terms of his bequest to the illustration of his native county 

 of Cornwall. 



The first selection, and award, have been made this year by 

 the Council, and its choice has fallen on the Rev. W. Iago, B.A., 

 Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 

 and a past President of this Institution. The most scrupulous 

 care was taken in weighing the comparative excellencies of the 

 authors, who have written with power in the Journal on widely 

 differing subjects during the preceding three years. In order 

 to mature their own judgment in the last resort, the Council 

 had adopted the practice of eminent contemporary Societies in 

 submitting each remarkable paper to two qualified referees, 

 eminent in their several departments of study. 



Some comment may not be misplaced on the work of the 

 first Cold Medalist. As its title professes, the essay may be 

 regarded as a report on Recent Archaeological Discoveries in 

 Cornwall, and may be likened to those reports on recent advances 

 in various branches of science which are annually presented to 

 the British Association, both by individuals and by committees, 

 and are justly regarded, as precious and permanent fruits of 

 their labours. 



