^^1* 55-] ANNIVERSARY MEETING — WOLLASTON DONATION EUND. xH 



When I think of my many opportunities, and remember how 

 often my results have fallen sadly short of my aims, I feel that this 

 distinction is less a reward than a consolation. But I accept it as an 

 outward and visible sign that the Council are well aware that the 

 same instinctive love for our glorious and all-embracing science as 

 that which inspired those whose names adorn the illustrious roll of 

 the past Wollaston Medallists has also prompted and guided me in 

 my work, and has given me a place in the generous regard of the 

 Fellows of the Geological Society. 



Award of the Wollaston Donation Fund. 



In handing the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation 

 Fund (awarded to Prof. J. B. Harrison, M.A., F.G.S.) to Mr. J. J. H. 

 Teall, M.A., F.R.S., for transmission to the recipient, the President 

 addressed him as follows : — 



Mr. Teall, — 



I have the pleasure of handing over to you the Balance of the 

 Wollaston Fund for Prof. J. B. Harrison, in acknowledgement of his 

 work in the West Indies and British Guiana. In the course of the 

 last 8 years he has contributed several papers to the Society (in 

 conjunction with Mr. Jukes-Browne and Mr. G. F. Franks) on the 

 Geology of Barbados, which have added much to our knowledge of 

 old coral-reefs, of the past physical geography of the region in 

 which they occur, and of the oceanic deposits with which they are 

 associated. In this work, his ability as a chemist has been of great 

 service. 



He has also done most of the field-work for the Geological Map 

 of Barbados, and has visited other West Indian Islands and part of 

 British Guiana, in order to draw up official reports on soils and gold- 

 bearing rocks. In the last of these visits, made last year, he sufi'ered 

 repeated and nearly fatal attacks of fever, from which he was slowly 

 recovering in December, when we last heard from him. 



Mr. Teall replied in the following words : — 



Mr. President, — 



In handing this Award to me for transmission to Prof. Harrison, 



you place me in a somewhat unusual position. No communication 



has been received from Prof. Harrison since the Award was 



decided upon by the Council. We know that in December last 



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