Vol. 60.] ANNIVERSARY MEETING WOLLASTON FUND, xlv 



of our best wishes for his health and the long continuance of his 

 scientific energy. 



Baron de Bildt, in reply, read the following letter which he had 

 received from Prof. Nathorst : — 



'Allow me to express my heartiest thanks to the Council for the great and quite 

 unexpected honour which they have conferred upon me bj r the award of the Lyell 

 Medal. I regard this mark of approval of 1113- geological and palaeontological labours 

 as a most gratifying distinction, and it encourages me to hope that, as the end of my 

 life approaches, I may have the satisfaction of feeling that I have not lived altogether 

 hi vain. 



' My gratification at receiving this honour is increased by the fact that it is 

 associated with the name of Sir Charles Lyell. I vividly remember the enthusiasm 

 with which, as a mere youth, I read the Swedish edition of his admirable and 

 fascinating ' Principles of Geology ' ; and it is only right to add that it was this work 

 which first excited my love for Geology ; a branch of science which the Geological 

 Society of London has vigorously promoted for almost a century. 



1 During my first visit to England in 1872, at the age of twenty-one, I was fortunate 

 enough to be introduced to the great British geologist ; and I still cherish a vivid 

 remembrance of his kind and noble personality, and of his keen interest in my then 

 recent discovery of the remains of Sali.v polaris and other Arctic plants in the 

 Glacial deposits of the Norfolk coast. The meeting with Sir Charles forms one 

 of the most highly-prized reminiscences of my youth. 



'Let me also express my great satisfaction at receiving this Medal through so 

 illustrious a geologist as Sir Archibald Geikie, whose writings have served as a 

 source of information to the majority of geologists tln - oughout the world.' 



Award of the Wollaston Donation-Fund. 



The Chairman then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund, awarded to Miss Ethel Mary Reader 

 Wood, M.Sc, to Dr. J. E. Marr, F.li.S., for transmission to the 

 recipient, and addressed him in the following words : — 



Dr. Marr, — 



The Council have awarded to Miss Wood the Balance of the 

 Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund as an acknowledgment of 

 the value of her contributions to our knowledge of the Graptolites and 

 of the rocks in which these organisms occur. Her papers furnish an 

 excellent example of the application of zonal stratigraphy to groups 

 of rocks which were thought to be already known with tolerable 

 completeness. Much still remains to be done in this department 

 of investigation. We had looked forward with pleasure to seeing 



