﻿part 1] ANNIVERSARY MEETING MURCHISON FUND, xlv 



Award from the Wollaston Donation Fund. 



The President then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund, awarded to William Bourke Wright, 

 B.A., to Mr. G. W. Lampltjgh, F-.R.S., for transmission to the 

 recipient, addressing him as follows : — 



Mr. Lampltjgh, — 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund 

 is awarded to Mr. William Bourke Wright, in recognition of his 

 ■contributions to Quaternary Geology. After completing his 

 geological studies under Prof. J. Joly at Dublin University, 

 Mr. Wright joined the Irish branch of the Geological Survey, and 

 ■came under the influence of yourself when you were engaged in 

 working out the glacial problems of the Dublin district. He took 

 part in the revision of the memoirs and drift-maps of the Dublin, 

 Belfast, and Cork districts, and shared with Mr. H. B. Mauf e the 

 discovery of a continuous raised-beach feature older than the 

 Glacial Period. He also observed this pre- Glacial rock-shelf or 

 beach in the West of Scotland, showing that a general subsidence 

 allowed the sea to enter the valleys along the coasts of the British 

 Isles, almost at the present sea-level, before they were occupied by 

 the ic£ After some experience both in Scotland and in England, 

 Mr. Wright returned to Ireland, where, as Senior Geologist of the 

 Irish Survey, he has since been successfully engaged on the glacial 

 geology of the Kenmare and Killarney district. Much of his 

 leisure has been devoted to the preparation of an important work 

 on ' The Quaternary Ice Age,' in which he has made good use of 

 his observations not only in the British Isles, but also in Scandinavia. 

 Impressed by the value of Mr. Wright's researches, the Council 

 will be glad if you will transmit this award to him, with its best 

 wishes for the progress of the work which he has so well begun. 



Award from the Murchison Geological Fund. 



In handing the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison 

 Geological Fund, awarded to Mr. George Walter Tyrrell, 

 F.G.S., to Dr. H. Lapworth, Sec.G.S., for transmission to the 

 recipient, the President addressed him in the following Avords : — 



