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colleague in Ottawa, I would beg you at the same time to assure him that the 
Geological Society values his services to our science, takes an interest in his welfare, 
and sends its cordial wishes for the continued prosperity of the great scientific 
institution in which he has laboured so long, and to the renown of which he has so 
greatly contributed. 
Lord Strathcona, in reply, expressed the pride and pleasure which he felt in 
receiving the medal on behalf of a paleeontologist the great value of whose work had 
been known to him for many years. He recailed the inception of the Canadian 
Geological Survey under Sir William Logan, and remarked that in showing its 
appreciation of the merits of Dr. Whiteaves, one of the most indefatigable workers 
on net Survey, the Council of the Society had done honour to the Survey and to 
Canada. 
The President then handed the Bigsby Medal, awarded to 
Mr. Arthur William Rogers, M.A., F.G.8., Director of the Geological 
Survey of Cape Colony, to Mr. G. W. Lamplugh for transmission to 
the recipient, addressing him as follows :— 
Mr. Lamplugh,—The Bigsby Medal has been adjudicated by the Council to 
Mr. A. W. Rogers in appreciation of his important labours in South African 
Geology. For more than ten years he has been at work in Cape Colony, not 
infrequently under difficulties which, in older countries like our own, can hardly be 
realized. His numerous reports, whether prepared by himself alone or conjointly 
with his colleagues on the Geological Commission, and published in the Commission’s 
annual volumes, have materially increased our knowledge of the geological structure 
of the southern part of the African continent. Besides these official memoirs, he has 
published alone, and also in conjunction with his able colleague Professor E. H. L. 
Schwarz, in the ‘‘ Transactions of the South African Philosophical: Society,’’ some 
important papers in which striking evidence has been brought forward in favour of 
old glaciation during more than one geological period in South Africa. His volume 
published in London two years ago, under the title of ‘‘ An Introduction to the 
Geology of Cape Colony,”’ reveals the patient and cautious character of his work, and 
shows how firmly and quietly the foundations of our knowledge of the geological 
history of that interesting region are being laid. 
This Medal is always given to one who is under 45 years of age, and thus, to use 
the words otf its venerable founder, ‘‘ probably not too old for further work, and not 
too young to have done much.” In asking you to be so good as to transmit this 
award to Mr. Rogers, I should be glad if you would accompany it with an expression 
of our good wishes for himself, and of our continued interest in the important and 
useful work of the Geological Survey which he so ably superintends. 
Mr. Lamplugh, in reply, said :— 
Mr. President,—It gives me deep satisfaction to receive this Medal on behalf of 
Mr. Rogers, for, like all geologists who took part in the visit of the British 
Association to South Africa, I have learned to appreciate very highly the results of 
his work and to admire the patient sincerity of the worker. 
Mr. Rogers has sent a letter which, Sir, with your permission, I will read :— 
‘* Geological Commission, South African Museum, Cape Town, Jan. 15th, 1907. 
‘To the Council of the Geological Society of London. 
‘* Gentlemen,—I thank you most heartily for the honour which you have done me 
by the award of the Bigsby Medal. I take it as a recognition that the Geological 
Survey of this Colony has been carried out on sound lines, and as an expression of 
your hope that the work will continue. 
““The official geologists of the present generation in South Africa are more 
fortunate than their predecessors in having instructions which allow them to work 
steadily at the geological structure of the country, unhampered by frequent orders to 
investigate some local details of passing interest. Thus a firm foundation is being 
laid for future work, both scientific and economic. In Cape Colony, which was the 
first of the South African countries to institute a systematic survey, the Geological 
Commissioners have pursued this policy from the commencement of the survey under 
their control ; my predecessor in charge of the work, Dr. G. 8. Corstorphine, always 
kept this end in view, and I have done the same. 
