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he was recovering from an illness brought on by work in the 

 interior of British Guiana, and was contemplating a journey to 

 Barbados in January. The fact of our not having received any 

 acknowledgement from him is, therefore, probably due to Ids 

 absence from Georgetown. 



I need not repeat what you, Sir, have said about his scientific 

 work in the West Indies and British Guiana. He is a man who, in 

 the midst of professional engagements, and without the stimulus of 

 frequent, sympathetic intercourse with fellow-workers in science, 

 has yet found time to carry out important scientific researches in 

 far-distant British Colonies. I feel sure that he would wish me to 

 express, on his behalf, the deep sense of the honour which has been 

 conferred upon him, and to assure the Society that this mark of their 

 appreciation will encourage him to continue his scientific work. 



[The Council have directed the insertion in the Proceedings of 

 the following letter from Prof. Harrison, which reached London 

 about a fortnight after the Anniversary Meeting : — 



Government Laboratory, 



Georgetown, Demerara (Britisli Guiana), 

 February 15th, 1899. 



SlE, 



Your letter of January 4th, 1899, only reached me on February 4th, after 

 the mail had left for England. This was due to my being absent from this Colony 

 in Barbados. Hence I was not able to send my thanks to the Council of the 

 Geological Society, for the honour which they have conferred upon me by their 

 award of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund, in time for 

 the Anniversary Meeting on February 17th. I must ask you to express to the 

 Council of the Society my keen appreciation of the honour which they have conferred 

 upon me by their marked expression of approbation of the little geological work 

 that I have been able to do in the West Indian Colonies, and to assure them that the 

 remembrance of it will act as an incentive to further work and as an encouragement 

 during the somewhat arduous task of investigating the geological structure of the 

 goldfields in the forests of the interior of this Colony. 



I purpose to expend the amount awarded to me in part payment of the cost of 

 purchasing a Dick's petrological microscope, such application of the Balance of the 

 Proceeds of the Fund being, in my opinion, well suited to meet the intentions of 

 the illustrious donor of the Fund. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



J. B. Harrison, 

 Government Analyst and Geologist, British Guiana. 

 R. S. Hemes, Esq., M.A., 



Secretary of the Geological Society.] 



