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the past Session by Mr. Teall, and during so much of the present 

 Session as has now elapsed, by Sir Archibald Geikie. The Council 

 feel sure that the Fellows will join with them in the fervent hope 

 that Prof. Lapworth may be speedily restored to health, and that 

 he may soon be able again to take an active share in the proceedings 

 of the Society. 



The first Award from the Daniel-Pidgeon Fund was made, on 

 May 27th, 1903, to Dr. Ernest "Willington Skeats, who, having been 

 engaged in the investigation of coral-reef deposits, proposed to 

 visit the dolomite- districts of the Tyrol, and collect specimens for 

 analysis and microscopic study, in continuation of his previous 

 researches. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made 

 by the Council : — 



The TTollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Albert Heim, 

 For.Memb.G.S., in recognition of the value of his researches con- 

 cerning the mineral structure of the Earth, and more especially 

 of his contributions towards the elucidation of the structures of 

 mountain-masses in general, and the Alps in particular. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Prof. George 

 Alexander Louis Lebour, M.A., M.Sc, in recognition of the im- 

 portance of his contributions to our knowledge of the Carboniferous 

 rocks of the Xorth of England. 



The Lyell Medal, together with a sum of Twenty-Five Pounds 

 from the Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Prof. Alfred Gabriel 

 Xathorst, For.Memb.G.S., in recognition of his valuable work in 

 investigating the floras of the various geological periods. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund is 

 awarded to Miss Ethel Mary Reader Wood, M.Sc, as an acknow- 

 ledgment of the value of her contributions to the study of the 

 Graptolites and the rocks in which they occur, and to encourage 

 her in further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Dr. Arthur Hutchinson, M.A., as an acknowledgment 

 of the ability of his memoirs on mineralogical subjects, and to 

 encourage him in further work. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Prof. Sidney Hugh Reynolds, M.A., in recog- 

 nition of the value of his contributions to our knowledge of the 

 Palaeozoic rocks of Ireland, and the geology of the Bristol district 

 and to encourage him in further work. 



The other moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Dr. Charles Alfred Matley, as an 

 acknowledgment of the value of his work in elucidating the geology 

 of the Island of Anglesey, and to encourage him in further 

 researches. 



A sum of Twenty Guineas from the Proceeds of the Barlow- 

 Jameson Fund is awarded to Mr. Hugh John Llewellyn Beadnell, 

 in recognition of his important memoirs on the topographv and 



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