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The Council have pleasure in announcing the completion of 

 Vol. LIU. of the Society's Quarterly Journal, and the commence- 

 ment of Vol. LIY. 



Part II (La-Z) of the General Index to the First Fifty Volumes 

 of the Quarterly Journal was published in May last, and the hope 

 expressed in last year's Report that the great utility and importance 

 of this work would be recognized has been fulfilled. The Council 

 consider that the Fellows owe a deep debt of gratitude to the 

 Assistant Secretary for the exceedingly able manner in which he 

 has carried out the work. 



The Record of Geological Literature added to the Society's 

 Library during 1897 will be in the Fellows' hands in the course of 

 a few days, and the mention of this leads to the larger question 

 of the great International Catalogue. In response to an invitation 

 from the Royal Society, the Council have appointed a Geological 

 Sub-Committee in connexion with the International Catalogue 

 Committee. A great number of sittings have been held, and a 

 scheme for Geology has been elaborated which fits in with the 

 general plan of the proposed Catalogue. It is in accordance with 

 this plan also that Index-slips are being issued with the current 

 number of the Quarterly Journal. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have been made by 

 the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Ferdinand Zirkel, in 

 recognition of the value of his researches instituted for the purpose 

 of investigating the mineral structure of the earth. 



The Murchison Medal, with a sum of Ten Guineas, is awarded to 

 Mr. T. F. Jamieson, in recognition of the value of his work amongst 

 the later deposits of the British Islands. 



The Lyeli Medal, with a sum of Twenty-Five Pounds, is awarded 

 to Dr. W. Waagen, in appreciation of the value of his researches in 

 Palaeontoloofy and Stratigraphical Geology, especially in British India. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Fund is awarded 

 to Mr. E. J. Garwood, in recognition of the value of his work 

 amongst the rocks of the North of England and of his researches in 

 Spitsbergen, and to assist him in further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Fund is awarded 

 to Miss J. Donald in recognition of the value of her work on the 

 Palaeozoic Gasteropoda, and to assist her in farther investigations. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Henry Woods, in recognition of his work in Strati- 

 graphicfil Geology and Palaeontology, and to aid him in further 

 researches. 



The other moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Fund is awarded to Mr. W. H. Shrubsole, in recognition of the 

 value of his work amongst the newer deposits, and to assist him in 

 further researches. 



A portion of the Balance of the Barlow-Jameson Fund is awarded 

 to Mr. E. Greenly, in recognition of his work amongst the ancient 

 rocks of Britain and to assist him in further investigations. 



