xliv PEOCEEDIK^GS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 898, 



in 1892, by ' IS'otes on some New and Little-known Species of Carbo- 

 niferous Murcliisonia ' ; in 1895, by ' Notes on the Genus Murchi- 

 sonia and its Allies ' ; and, in the forthcoming Quarterly Journal, 

 by ' Observations on the Genus Adis'ina, de Kon., with Descriptions 

 of British Species, and of some other Carboniferous Gasteropoda.' 



Previous to taking up the study of fossil shells, which I understand 

 she did at the instigation of one of our Pellows, Mr. J, G. Goodchild, 

 Miss Donald had well prepared herself by previous studies of recent 

 shells, and we find in the Transactions of the Cumberland and 

 Westmoreland Association of Literature and Science, so far back as 

 1881, some notes by her on the ' Land and Preshwater Shells of 

 Cumberland.' Miss Donald has not only visited very many of the 

 collections in this country, but also those in the Continental museums, 

 for the purpose of studying fossil shells, and she is still untiring in her 

 zeal in collecting information for future work. When transmitting 

 this Award to Miss Donald you will be good enough to say that the 

 Council hope it will be accepted, not only as a token of appreciation 

 of the excellent work which she has already accomplished, but in 

 the hope that it may be some incentive to her to continue her 

 palseontological researches among the Palaeozoic rocks. 



Mr. Newtok, in reply, said : — 



Mr. Peesident, — 



It is with peculiar pleasure that I receive this Award on Miss 

 Donald's behalf, for it is a rare occurrence for a lady to receive one 

 of the Society's Awards, and having for some years watched and 

 appreciated the conscientious and painstaking labour by which 

 Miss Donald has accomplished a very admirable piece of work, it is 

 particularly gratifying to find that this work has met with the 

 appreciation of the Council of the Geological Society. 



As Miss Donald cannot be present to receive this Award personally, 

 perhaps I may be allowed to read an extract from her letter : — 



' Will you thank the President and Council most heartily on 

 my behalf for the great honour which they have conferred by 

 awarding to me the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Pund ? 

 The news came to me as a great surprise, for I had previously deemed 

 it no small honour that my papers should have been considered 

 worthy of publication in the Quarterly Journal of the Society, and 

 this higher recognition will certainly prove an encouragement to 



