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Award oe the Mttrchison Medal. 



The President then handed the Murchispn Medal, awarded to 

 Prof. Arthur Philemon Coleman, to the Eight Hon. Lord 

 Strathcona and Mount Poyal, GLC.M.G,, High Commissioner for 

 the Dominion of Canada, for transmission to the recipient, addressing 

 him as follows : — 



Lord Strathcona, — 



The Murchison Medal is awarded to Prof. Coleman in recognition 

 of his important contributions to geological science. 



During his long and distinguished occupation of the chair of 

 Geology in the University of Toronto, he has added largely to our 

 knowledge of the history and formation both of the stratified systems 

 and of the igneous rocks of Canada ; nor has he restricted his 

 attention to these, but has thrown much light on the origin of some 

 of its most interesting scenery. He has travelled far and wide, and, 

 bringing to bear the vast stores of information gathered in his 

 journeys through North America, Europe, and Africa, he has increased 

 the value of his researches by making use of the comparative method. 

 The deposits of nickel-ore at Sudbury have yielded to his investi- 

 gations conclusions of fundamental importance, which have been 

 recognized and enforced by the veteran author of ' Das Antlitz der 

 Erde.' No less, important are the results of his researches on the 

 Pleistocene Series in the vicinity of Toronto. His latest achieve- 

 ment — the discovery of glacial deposits in the Lower Huronian rocks 

 of Canada — extends the evidence of uniformity into the remote past 

 of the Protgeon. 



I had many opportunities of admiring the enthusiasm and energy 

 of Prof. Coleman, when we were fellow-hammerers on the Dwyka 

 Conglomerate, and it is with peculiar pleasure that I hand you this 

 medal, which I beg you to be good enough to transmit to him. 



Lord Strathcona said that he w r as greatly honoured and pleased 

 to be the medium of transmitting the medal to Prof. Coleman, on 

 whose behalf he ventured to express his warmest thanks. He 

 added that this was not the first occasion on which he had acted as 

 interpreter to the Canadian branch of the great English-speaking 

 family, of the high esteem in which the old mother-land held the 

 brilliant work accomplished by Canadian geologists. 



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