184 Reports and Proceedings—Geological Society of London. 
“In examining the mapuscript map (dated 1859) and sections made by the first 
official geologist at the Cape, Andrew Wyley, once a Fellow of this Society, it is 
impossible not to perceive that, had he been allowed to continue his work, the 
geology of the’ Colony would long ago have been well known, even as regards those 
parts where to-day the broad outlines are still uncertain. 
‘* Circumstances prevent the establishment of a lavishly equippéd Survey in this 
Colony, and:there are many problems which have to be left almost untouched because 
their investigation requires too detailed work; but your award will make Cape 
geologists feel that their efforts are warmly appreciated, and I believe that my 
colleagues past and present will share my gratification. 
‘* For myself, I must say that your generous gift will always urge me to do better 
work, and my only regret is that I am unable to receive the Medal personally from 
a man whose writings have been a constant source of instruction and pleasure to me 
ever since geology began to be the great interest of my life.—ArtHur W. Rocers,”’ 
_ In handing the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation 
Fund, awarded to Dr. Arthur Vaughan, B.A., to Professor W. W. 
Watts, for transmission to the recipient, the President addressed him 
in the following words :— 
Professor Watts,—The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund 
has been assigned to Dr. A. Vaughan, as a mark of the Council’s appreciation of the 
excellence of his contributions to Geology, and in particular of his application of the 
zonal method of stratigraphical classification to the Carboniferous Limestone of this 
country. I had often wondered why this method, which was so successfully adopted 
many years ago for the corresponding portion of the Carboniferous system of Belgium, 
should never have been similarly applied to our own great Limestone deposit. 
Dr. Vaughan has now demonstrated, by a careful study of the corals and the 
brachiopods, how completely it is available here, and the basis of investigation which 
he has laid so firmly in the Bristol region will doubtless prove to be one upon which 
the stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Limestone throughout the rest of the British 
Isles may be satisfactorily worked out. When you transmit to him this award, will 
you assure him that the Society looks forward with much interest to the continuation 
of his important labours ? 
The President then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of the 
Murchison Geological Fund to Dr. Felix Oswald, addressing him as 
follows :—° 
Dr. Oswald,—The Council has awarded to you the Balance of the Proceeds of the 
Murchison Geological Fund, in recognition of the value of your contributions to our 
knowledge of the Geology of Armenia. The remarkable volume which you have 
published on this subject affords ample evidence of your keen powers of observation 
and of the indomitable courage with which you have done pioneer work in a little- 
known country and with which, also, you have laid your results before the world. 
Your treatise is, in one respect, probably unique in geological literature. To 
surmount the difficulties presented by the expense of publication, you purchased 
a hand-press, learned the art of type-setting, and laboriously printed off the whole 
book, page by page, with your own hand while the numerous sections, maps, and 
plates of fossils were likewise drawn, reproduced, coloured, and printed off by yourself. 
The volume is dedicated to your wife, who will share your pleasure at this recognition 
of your labours, and to whom with yourself I desire to convey the good wishes of the 
Geological Society. 
In presenting a moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell — 
Geological Fund to Mr. Thomas Crosbee Cantrill, B.Sc., the President 
addressed him in the following words :— 
Mr. Cantrill,—The Council has this year awarded to you a moiety of the Balance 
of the Lyell Geological Fund in recognition of the quality of your contributions to 
Geology, more particularly in relation to the stratigraphy of the formations from the 
base of the Lias down into the older Palseozoic rocks. Your early paper on Wyre 
‘Forest afforded good promise of your future success. Since it appeared you have 
served for upwards of ten years on the Geological Survey, where, as I can personally 
