xl PEOCEEDI]S"GS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 89 8, 



Mr. Teall, in reply, read the following letter -which, he had 

 received from Prof. Zirkel : — 



' Mr. President, — 



The honourable award of the Wollaston Medal is for me one of the 

 most gladdening events of my life. Yet I cannot say whether I am 

 more pleased or surprised at the unexpected announcement that I 

 should be considered worthy of so brilliant a distinction, which has 

 been bestowed by this highest tribunal of Geology only on the most 

 illustrious British and Foreign votaries of the science. But to-day 

 all feelings are merged in one of gratitude to the Members of the 

 Council, who have taken so generous and favourable a view of my 

 modest labours. As, much to my regret and disappointment, I find 

 myself unable to attend the Annual Meeting, I must trespass upon 

 your kindness to express by these written words my heartfelt thanks 

 and best acknowledgment for the great honour conferred upon me, 

 of which the most ambitious may well be proud. I receive the 

 Medal as a token of indulgence and encouragement, and it will be 

 an incentive to me still to strive to be more worthy of it and of 

 your confidence. Probably I never should have been able to do 

 what I have done, but for the wise example and kind instruction of 

 my old master, Henry Clifton Sorby. The tie of personal friend- 

 ship which connects me with so many fellow-workers in your 

 country since those bygone days, when Murchison, Lyell, and 

 Ramsay favoured the young foreigner with their attachment, this 

 tie will be strengthened to-day, and the Geological Society's pros- 

 perity and usefulness will never cease to be the object of my warmest 

 wishes.' 



AWAED OP THE WoLLASTON DONATION EuND. 



The President then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund (awarded to Mr. E. J. Garwood, M.A., 

 F.G.S.) to Mr. A. Strahan, for transmission to the recipient, 

 addressina: him as follows : — 



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Mr. Strahan, — 



At the last Meeting of the Geological Society we had the pleasure 

 of listening to a communication by Mr. Garwood and Dr. Gregory 

 which adds much to our knowledge concerning the Glacial Geology 

 of Spitsbergen. Last year Mr. Garwood also gave an address at one 

 of the * At Homes ' of the Society, which was highly appreciated by 



