Vol. 55.] ANNIVEESAEY ADDRESS OF THE PEESIDENT. IxXXl 



amended in detail by J. Shipman of JsTottingham, and approved by 

 W. Talbot Aveline.' ' 



The many manuscript copies of 6-inch maps already in existence 

 at the Geological Survey Office and available for public reference are 

 probably the most valuable of the many productions of that Survey, 

 and they should be widely known. 



I am glad to know that some of our Fellows use the 6-inch 

 Ordnance maps for recording their work in the field, and not least 

 among them our new Wollaston medallist, Prof. Lap worth. While 

 they must find great advantage from being able to note sections, 

 outcrops, etc., with an exactness not possible without an accurate 

 map on a large scale, I think that this advantage will react 

 beneficially on their work, leading first to more exact and detailed 

 observation, and then to greater accuracy in inference, both very 

 desirable matters. Good tools save much time and trouble. 



"While speaking of the Geological Survey I am moved to notice a 

 subject, which most of you must remember, that somewhat stirred 

 many of our Pellows last year : I mean the proposal to shift the head- 

 quarters of the Survey from Jermyn Street. I took no part in the 

 agitation on the matter ; but, having belonged both to this Society 

 and to that Survey for many years, I can hardly refrain from a few 

 words. 



There is much to be said on both sides of the question, and I am 

 not going to enter into any controversy. I wish only, as your 

 President, to express a feeling that the close connexion between 

 the Society and the Survey that has existed for so many years is 

 productive only of good to both bodies. That, I believe, no one will 

 deny, and I believe also that the most ardent advocates of the 

 removal of the Survey to a distant part of London would be sorry 

 should this result in any lessening of those bonds which link us, 

 like father and son, together. 



In drawing your attention to some of the applications of geology 

 I have but followed a distinguished predecessor, one of the foremost 

 geologists of his time and taken from us less than two years ago, 

 Sir Joseph Prestwich, in whose steps I have often had to tread. 

 In his address of 1872, he remarked that, besides treating of 

 ' abstract and philosophical questions, geology deals also with the 



1 Borough of Nottingham : ' Ann. Eep. Med. Officer of Health for 1882 ' 



by Dr. E. Seaton. 8vo. Nottingham, 1883. 



