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Jules Gosselet, F.C.G.S., of the Faculty of Sciences of Lille, and 

 addressed him as follows : — 



Professor Gosselet,— The Council of the Geological Society has selected you to 

 receive the Murchison Medal and part of the proceeds of the Murchison Fund, in 

 recognition of your distinguished services to geological science. Youi* labours have 

 extended over twenty-five years, and have been devoted to the elucidation of the 

 history and physical structure of the north of France and Belgium, in the latter 

 country, particularly, with relation to the Palaeozoic rocks of the Ardennes, culmi- 

 nating in your researches into the structure of the Franco-Belgian Coal-iield, so 

 amply described and worked out in your "Esquisse geologique du Nord de la 

 France." For this valuable work the French Academy of Sciences, in 1881, 

 awarded to you the Bordin prize, the highest in their power to confer upon you. 

 I must here mention, although but bi-iefiy, the nature of your researches. Your 

 published papers or contributions to geological science number 22 ; I can only 

 enumerate two or three which prominently stand out and show your extensive labours. 

 In 1860-61 the Geological Society of France published your " Memoire sur les 

 terrains Primaires de la Belgique et du nord de la France." In the publications of 

 the Brussels Academy of Sciences for the year 1853 appeared your paper " Sur les 

 terrains Primaires de la Belgique." In 1873, in the ' Annales des Sciences Geo- 

 logiques,' vol. iv., appeared your memoir on " Le systeme du Poudingue de Burnot, 

 entre Dinant et Namur," and in the 'Bulletin' of the Academy of Sciences at 

 Brussels, yoiurself and M. C. Malaise published your observations " Sur le terrain 

 Silurien de I'Ardenne." In addition to your many papers, your work above named, 

 ' Esquisse geologique du Nord de la France,' would place you in the front rank 

 of observers and entitle you to high consideration. The nature and value of your 

 investigations and the tendency of your researches led the Council to believe that the 

 Medal founded by Sir Roderick Murchison would be worthily conferred upon you. 



Professor Gosselet, in reply, said: — Monsieur le President, — J'ai souvent 

 regrette de ne pas counaitre la langue anglaise ; mais jamais autant qu'aujourdhui, 

 ou je me vois force de vous exprimer en un langage etranger ma reconnaissance 

 pour le grand honneur que me fait le Conseil de la Societe Geologique de Londres 

 en me decernant la medaille Murchison. Vos recompenses sont les plus flatteuses 

 que piusse recevoir un ge'ologue etranger, parce qu'elles sont exemptes de toute idee 

 d'ecole et de toute consideration personnelle. Je suis particulierement honore que 

 vous m'ayez juge digne d'associer mon nom a celui de Murchison, du grand geologue 

 qui a ete un des fondateurs de la geologic des roches paleozoiques. Depuis mes 

 premiers travaux geologiques, j'ai con9u uue grande estime pour cet illustre savant, 

 et dans bien des circonstances j'ai defendu sa classification des formations Siluriennes 

 et Devoniennes. Permettez moi d'associer a mes remerciments, la Socie'te Geo- 

 logique du Nord. En decernant I'annee passee une medaille a M. Barrois et en 

 m'en decernant une cette annee, vous nous avez donn^ un haute marque de sympa- 

 thie. Nous nous efEorcerons de nous en montrer dignes. 



The President next handed the Lyell Medal to Prof. J. W. Judd, 

 F.R.S., Sec.G.S., for transmission to Dr. John Lycett, of Scarborougli, 

 and addressed him as follows : — 



Professor Jui>i>, — The Council have awarded the Lyell Medal and part of the pro- 

 ceeds of the Lyell Fund to Dr. John Lycett, in recognition of his patient and 

 long-continued researches on Jurassic palseontology, especially those devoted to the 

 critical history and description of the Great Oolite MoUusca of Minchinhampton, 

 published in the Pala;ontological Society's vohimes for the years 1850-55, in con- 

 junction with Professor Morris ; also for his supplementary monograph in the same 

 publication, " On the Mollusca of the Stonesfield Slate, Great Oolite, Forest 

 Marble, and Cornbrash." Besides these, Dr. Lycett has written (1871-79) a com- 

 plete and important monograph of the British Trigonise for the same Society, in 

 which he describes no less than 109 species ; this splendid contribution to the 

 history of a single genus of Mollusca is probably unsurpassed in any language ; 

 and when we know that the authors of all the memoirs published by the Palseonto- 

 graphical Society give their time and knowledge without remuneration, we may well 

 reward, as best we can, work done so well and so unselfishly. Dr. Lycett has 

 contributed seventeen papers to the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' 



